All Copper non-machine manufactured/stamped with Riveted Handle, Inside Tinned, 1 Imperial Gallon Measure. Arsenal marks and government stamps still clearly seen. The authenticity shows in the British Government or Admiralty approved construction to Royal Navy specifications of this 1 Gallon Rum or Grog Measure with three rivets securing the handle to the body of the cup (two top and one bottom).
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Above photograph to the left shows a complete set of eight Rum Cups or Grog Measuring Cups, from right to left: 1 Gallon, 1/2 Gallon, 1 Quart, 1 Pint, 1/2 Pint, 1.5 Gill, 1 Gill and Half Gill. A Rum Bosun from each mess would come to collect the grog ration for his mess - each man entitled to 1 and 1/2 gills of grog. A pint measure holds 8 x 1/2 gills, and obviously a 1/2 gill measure is a half gill. If the Rum Bosun's mess contained 6 individuals that were entitled to 'draw the tot', then that is 6 x 1 and 1/2 gills of grog, equalling 9 half gills of grog. The Rum Bosun would then receive a 1 pint measure and 1/2 gill measure which would be dipped into the 'grog tub' and then poured into his "rum fanny" to be brought back and served to his mess mates.

Above photo to the right provides a comparative perspective between a 1 Imperial Gallon Measure and a coke can! One Imperial Gallon Rum Cups or Copper Measures are VERY rare and hard to find.

Authentic 19th Century British Royal Navy 1 Imperial Gallon Rum Cup or Grog Cup Royal Cipher, presumably VR clearly stamped along with a 6 below the crown and arsenal marked with 1 over 53 indicating place of manufacture. The part number 53169 stamped on the bottom, front of cup is simply stamped "GALLON".

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Because of heritage and lineage the US Navy imitated and mirror imaged much of both equipment and traditions as found in the British Royal Navy. As such the American Navy also had "Measures" in blue speckled graniteware but only five, from the largest 1 Gallon to 1 gill unit measure. The US Navy equivalent "Measures" can be found by By Clicking Here - US Navy Measures.

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