Artifact: Quart
Materials: Pewter
Dimensions: OH: 8 7/8"; Diam (base): 4 ΒΌ"
Date: 1740-1770
Origin: England, West Country (probably)
Collection: Image Courtesy of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
License: All rights reserved
Ledger Entry: Pewter Quart
Department: Foodways
Customer: Nathaniel Popjoy
Ledger Page: 123
Imported From:
Product Description
A quart is a vessel that holds one-quarter of a gallon worth of a liquid. A quart could refer to a tool used to measure quantity of liquid, or to a vessel used to imbibe, such as a mug.
Citation: Katharine E. Harbury, Colonial Virginia's Cooking Dynasty (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2004); Andrew F. Smith, ed., The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007)
Historical Price: 3 shillings, 9 pence; Modern USD: $42
Product Variations
The databases record two purchases of quarts. Both were three shillings nine pence and made of pewter.
