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

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Width

11.2 cm

Height

15.5 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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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

1796 UP TO 1872

Canada

THE LONG ESTABLISHED BRITISH WINCHESTER MEASURE WAS INTRODUCED INTO CANADA BY BRITISH SETTLERS, PROBABLY IN THE 18TH C. IT WAS USED AS A LEGAL STANDARD 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 OF MEASURE.

Function

A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY (A QUART) 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 MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technical

WINCHESTER GRAIN MEASURES WERE FIRST RECORDED IN BRITAIN IN THE 10THC & WERE MADE LEGAL STANDARDS IN 1497 BY HENRY VII. THE MEASURES WERE USED FOR WHEAT, ALE & WINE (WINE UNTIL 1707) & INCLUDED THE PINT, QUART, POTTLE (4 PINTS), GALLON & BUSHEL. THEY WERE REPLACED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 BY THE IMPERIAL GALLON.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED ON BODY:'G*R/ LOWER*CANADA/ 1796'/ ON OTHER SIDE IN CURSIVE: 'Quart/ Winchester'/ STAMPED ON RIM: '[CROWN]/ GR/ III [TWICE]' '[portcullis]'/.2 SAME AS.1 EXCEPT: 'Pint' INSTEAD OF 'Quart'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LACQUERED (?)

Decoration

INCISED LINES & CAST RIDGES & GROOVES ENCIRCLING BODY