General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

BRASS

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

17.7 cm

Height

27.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Mass/weight

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

19TH CENTURY

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 OFMEASURE.

Function

A PRECISE MEASURE OF MASS, BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY STANDARD. IT WAS USED BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & 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 & ELIZABETH 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

STAMPED ROYAL (VICTORIA) SYMBOL CONSISTING OF 'V [CROWN] R' ON TOP SURFACE OF BODY OF EACH/.1 INCISED 'V.R./ 50 lb.' ON TOP SURFACE OF HANDLE/.2 INCISED 'V.~R./ 7 lb.', ALSO STAMPED '11' & OTHER LETTERS

Missing

no

Finish

LACQUERED BRASS

Decoration

INCISED LINES & CAST RIDGES & GROOVES ENCIRCLING BODY