Topic: Kitchen Measure.

[NevB]

An unusual little kitchen measure, the graduations are moulded on the inside, fluid ounces, drachms, table and tea and ML. Marked on the bottom Made in Gt. Britain with a P in a diamond and 0 4. I can't find a British maker with that mark.

[flying free]

I wondered if it might be one of the bottle glass makers, however on a quick search nothing has come up 

[NevB]

Thanks flying free, I looked at bottle makers too and found nothing. As it says made in Britain it might not be English, Scottish possibly?

[Ivo]

Pilkington?

[NevB]

Ivo, my first thought was Pilkington but I couldn't find anything to support it.

[cagney]

  It is an excellent rendition of the mark used by the Pairpoint Glass Co. Of course they are not located in Great Britain. The company did lease facilities in Spain 1958-1970 after the closing of facilities in the U.S.A. Robert Bryden manager at this time did work in a handful of European establishments in this twelve year period. To what degree unknown to me. A faint possiibility in Great Britain?

 

[NevB]

Yes I'd seen the Pairpoint mark but couldn't think why it would be on a British piece but it's still a possibility. I'll keep looking.

[flying free]

It says Drachms on it - used by apothecaries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apothecaries%27_system

It looks quite old to me.
I wonder if it was marked in response to the Merchandise Marks Act 1887.

The only name I could think of was Pilkington as Ivo queried.  The other was Percival Vickers but I can't think that would only have a P.

[Lustrousstone]

The P could be who it was made for rather than who made it.

[NevB]

Yes probably an apothecary's measure. There is one on Ebay which appears to have a different mark so Christine may be right too, a different base could be added to the mould for each customer.