Context (Other)
At some point prior to 1939, this object had lost association with its 1886 accession number and was assigned a Z number, Z 2531.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 2531: 'Pottle measure, 1/2 gallon.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Bronze pottle-measure, 1/2 gallon, temp. Charles I. Inscribed as follows: C.R. (flanking Royal arms); 1641; A Wine Pottle tryed by John Renalds at the Tower.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Accession Register for 1886.52 notes: 'Transferred from the Registry in 1885.'
Event Date 1885
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1886.52[.1-15]: 'A set of thirteen weights and two cubic measurements (reign of Queen Elizabeth)'.
Event Date 1886
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Gunther notes that the greater part of the objects included in his book were also included in the Loan Exhibition of Historic Apparatus in Cambridge, held in the East Room of the Old Schools in June 1936. It is therefore likely, but not certain, that this object was included in the exhibition.
Event Date 6/1936
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Gunther, R.T. (1937). Early Science in Cambridge. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 26, no. 5
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Production / use)
Gunther notes that 'a pottle was nominally 2 quarts, but the capacity of this one is only 3 pints' (p. 26).
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
R.T. Gunther (1937): 'Pottle measure. [Inscribed:] C 16 [royal arms] R 41. A WINE POTLLE TRYED BY IOHN RENALDS AT THE TOWER'.
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other)
Sent on loan to the Science Museum on 16 March 1939.
Event Date 16/3/1939
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)