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

27.0 cm

Width

17.0 cm

Height

19.5 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

PROBABLY BETWEEN 1837 AND 1874 WHEN CANADA PURCHASED THEIR OWN STANDARDS.

Canada

THE LONG ESTABLISHED WINE GALLON WAS INTRODUCED INTO CANADA BY BRITISH SETTLERS. PROBABLY IN THE 18TH C. IT WAS USED AS A LEGAL STANDARD UNTIL 1872, WHEN THE FIRST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT OF CANADA ESTABLISHED THE BRITISH IMPERIAL MEASURES AS THIS COUNTRY'S LEGAL UNITS OF MEASURE.

Function

USED AS A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY FOR WINE (A GALLON) BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S LEGAL STANDARD. USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL MEASURES FOR WINE COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technical

THE TRADITIONAL WINE GALLON WASSMALLER THAN THE WINCHESTER STANDARD GALLON. IN 1707 BRITAIN PASSED AN ACT WHICH DEFINED THE WINE GALLON AS 231 CUBIC INCHES AND FROM THIS TIME BOTH WERE OFFICIALLY DIFFERENT. THE IMPERIAL GALLON WAS ESTABLISHED IN AN ACT OF 1824 MAKING THE ABOVE 2 MEASURES OBSOLETE IN BRITAIN. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED ON OUTSIDE OF BODY: 'V.R./ Lower Canada [in cursive]'/ 'Gallon Wine [in cursive]'/ STAMPED ON TOP RING: 'V [CROWN] R/ M'

Missing

none apparent

Finish

LACQUERED

Decoration

THREE CAST RINGS ENCIRCLING MEASURE