Standard, capacity
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SECONDARY/WINE/BRASS
- DATE
- 1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0085.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- LOWER CANADA/VR
- 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
- 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
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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
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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
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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
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Unknown Manufacturer, Standard, capacity, circa 1860, Artifact no. 1997.0085, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0085.001/
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