Standard, capacity
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/WINE/BRASS
- DATE
- 1795
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1327.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- LOWER CANADA/GR/1795
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- 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
- 15.2 cm
- Width
- 11.0 cm
- Height
- 13.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Volume
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1795 TO NO LATER THAN 1872
- Canada
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THE LONG ESTABLISHED BRITISH WINE MEASURES WAS INTRODUCED INTO CANADA BY BRITISH SETTLERS, PROBABLY IN THE 18TH C. THEY WERE USED AS LEGAL STANDARDS IN CANADA UNTIL 1872, WHEN THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA ESTABLISHED THE BRITISH IMPERIAL GALLON, POUND, & YARD AS THIS COUNTRY'S LEGAL UNITS. - Function
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PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARDS. THEY WERE USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS LEGAL STANDARS AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL, COUNTRY & OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE VERIFIED. - Technical
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THE WINE GALLON, IN USE IN BRITAIN FROM THE 15TH C WAS LEGALIZED IN 1707 AND BECAME THE U.S.STANDARD GALLON IN 1836. IT WAS REPLACED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 BY THE IMPERIAL MEASURE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON SIDE READING: 'Quart Wine [IN CURSIVE]/ G*R. LOWER CANADA/ 1795'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- INCISED LINES & CAST RIDGES ENCIRCLING BODY
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Unknown Manufacturer, Standard, capacity, 1795, Artifact no. 1995.1327, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1327.001/
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