Odd manufacturers marks on small lidded jug

Found this in a sundry lot and am completely puzzled by the marks on the bottom. "1/2 3461 W". I have never seen a fraction mark on what I assume is silver plate. I'm guessing it's a cream jug as it is only about 7.5cm (3") in size. Can anyone illuminate my ignorance??
Cheers
Stephen

 

1/2 pint?

 

If it is a half pint it will hold 1 cup(8 ounces) of water.

 

It's way too small to hold a cup of water.

 

Maybe an imperial measure, 1/2 gill.

 

That might be possible although that measure was usually for booze in a pub. Not sure why a lidded jug would be useful though. Strange little beast!!
Stephen

 

I'd go along with the view that this is an indication of capacity. Why not fill the jug and empty into a measured cylinder to see how much it contains? Then it should be fairly easy to find out if it corresponds to a known quantity.

While I can't remember a similar lidded measured jug being used in a pub, I do remember in the 1960s pouring pints of sherry from a container into customers' empty bottles. That was at my Dad's off licence in Manchester. Rotgut stuff, amazing how quickly the empty bottles came back for refill!!

 

Filled to the brim it's about 1 imperial gill. Filled to a level at the bottom inside the rim it might be 1 US gill. Definitely not a 1/2 gill.
Cheers
Stephen

 

I don't care about the size or that it's plated!!! It's an adorable little thing and I LOVE it!!!!!

 

What the hell is a US GIL?

Your "jug" is part of a little princess's tea set.

 

AHA!! A little princess tea set. Now the only questions left are 1/2? manufacturer? age?.
By the way US Gill - 4 fl oz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gill_(unit)

Thanks for that
Cheers
Stephen

 

Not where I can check my references at the moment, and my memory isn't what it used to be, but something about the marks rings a bell...

Probably a lidded cream jug, part of a small sugar & creamer set or a bachelor's tea set (small teapot, sugar, creamer). Would guess it has a 1/2 cup capacity, I'm at my Mom's house, she has a sterling 1885 Gorham sugar & creamer, the creamer (no lid) is 3" tall and 2-1/4 at the widest point, it holds a 1/2 cup when filled to the bottom of the spout (1 US gill is equivalent to just a shade under 1/2 cup).

~Cheryl

 

I won't comment, just let the obvious be sufficient.

The gill (pronounced[1]i/ˈdʒɪl/)

(Well that didn't help much. I'll stick with GILL.)

is a unit of measurement for volume equal to a quarter of a pint.[2]

It is no longer in common use, except in regard to the volume
of alcoholic spirits.

 

Don't rule out little princes.