General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SOLID BRASS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

18.7 cm

Width

18.7 cm

Height

29.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

22.7

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Mass/weight

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

DeGrave

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1795 TO NO LATER THAN 1872

Canada

LONG ESTABLISHED BRITISH AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT WAS BROUGHT TO CANADA BY BRITISH SETTLERS, PROBABLY IN 18TH C. IT WAS ONE OF WEIGHTS USED AS LEGAL STANDARDS IN CANADA UNTIL 1872,WHEN FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA MADE BRITISH IMPERIAL YARD, GALLON, & POUND (AVOIRDUPOIS) CANADA'S ONLY LEGAL UNITS OF MEASURE.

Function

A PRECISE MEASURE OF MASS, BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. IT WAS USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL, COUNTY, & OTHER WEIGHTS COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technical

BRITISH AVOIRDUPOIS POUND WAS USED FROM MID 14TH C. BELL-SHAPED STANDARDS OF THIS TYPE WERE ISSUED BY HENRY VII & ELIZABTH I; THOSE OF 1588 WERE USED UNTIL 1824. IN THAT YEAR, IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURE WAS INTRODUCED, USING TROY POUND. IN 1855 AVOIRDUPOIS REPLACED TROY AS IMPERIAL POUND

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING ON HANDLE TOP READING '56 LB Avoir' IN SCRIPT/ INCISED LETTERING ON SIDE READING 'G.R. LOWER CANADA/ 1795' & 'CHAS. DE GRAVE. LONDON, Fecit'/ UPPER SURFACES STAMPED WITH ROYAL (GEORGE III) SYMBOL CONSISTING OF CROWN WITH 'GR/ III' & CHECKERBOARD MOTIF

Missing

none

Finish

LACQUERED BRASS

Decoration

INCISED LINES & CAST RIDGES & GROOVES ENCIRCULING BODY