General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

COPPER WITH BRASS PLATE

Dimensions

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

Length

24.5 cm

Width

19.7 cm

Height

22.5 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

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1840S TO THE 1860S

Canada

IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARDS. PREVIOUSLY VARIOUS BRITISH & PRE-METRIC FRENCH MEASURES WERE USED.

Function

USED AS PRECISE MEASURES OF CAPACITY BASED ON SCOTTISH STANDARD MEASURES. IT WAS USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL, COUNTY AND OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE MEASURED.

Technical

THE ACT OF UNION OF 1707 BETWEEN SCOTLAND &ENGLAND DICTATED THAT ENGLISH STANDARDS APPLY AUTOMATICALLY TO SCOTLAND BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL 1835 THAT THE USE OF SCOTTISH MEASURES BECAME AN OFFENCE. THE USE OF SOME OF THE OLD SCOTTISH UNITS, INCLUDING A CHOPINE, CONTINUED WELL BEYOND THIS TIME. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED IN BRASS PLATE: 'POT/ V.R./ LOWER CANADA'/ STAMPED INSIDE SPOUT: 'V [CROWN] R/ M'/.2 INCISED IN BRASS PLATE: 'CHOPINE/ V.R./ LOWER CANADA'/ STAMPED INSIDE SPOUT: SAME AS ABOVE

Missing

N/A

Finish

LACQUERED

Decoration

DECORATIVE BRASS PLATE AFFIXED TO FRONT