Double ended measure

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Date:1890 - 1910 (c.)

Description:Turned wooden double-ended egg cup shaped measure. One end slightly larger than other. Use not known, but probably used by a chemist or pharmacist to measure medical powders by volume.

From the Staffordshire County Museum collection. Collected from Staffordshire County Council Trading Standards Department, Martin Street, Stafford.


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1900s
Watercolour set design
Watercolour set design

Watercolour set design for an unknown play performed at the Lyceum Theatre, Martin ...

1940s
Stafford Open Table Show
Stafford Open Table Show

Judging rabbits at the Stafford Open Table Show. The venue is not known, but may ...

1960s
Eastgate Street, Stafford
Eastgate Street, Stafford

A view of houses on Pitcher Bank on Eastgate Street looking towards Lammascote Road. ...

1990s
Martin Street, Stafford
Martin Street, Stafford

When this picture was taken looking west along Martin Street from Eastgate Street ...

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Donor ref:70.074.0020 (37/25459)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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