Standard, capacity

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1860
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0146.003

MANUFACTURER: ST. AMANT, O.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: France

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 4
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.

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Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Metrology
Category: Volume
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: ST AMANT
Country: France
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: PROBABLY USED FROM THE 1860S TO NO LATER THAN 1872
Canada: ENGLISH IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT THE WINCHESTER MEASUREMENT TO CANADA. IT WAS ONE OF THE LEGAL MEASUREMENT STANDARDS UNTIL 1872WHEN THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARD OF MEASURE.
Function: USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT (LOWER CANADA) AS A LEGAL CAPACITY STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE MEASURED.
Technical: WINCHESTER MEASURES WERE CENTURIES OLD BRITISH MEASURES (LEGALIZED IN 1707) USED IN BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES UNTIL IMPERIAL MEASURES REPLACED ALL EARLIER MEASURES IN 1824.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING:.1 ON SIDE: 'V.R.L.C/ Winch. Gal./ 1860./ CHARTRE QUEBEC'/ ON BOTTOM: 'O. St. AMANT.'/.2 ON SIDE: 'V.R.L.C./ Winch. Pint,/ 1860.'/ ON BOTTOM: 'O. St. AMANT.'/.3 ON SIDE: 'V.R.L.C./ Winch. 1/2 Pint,/ 1860.'/ ON BOTTOM: 'O. St. AMANT.'/.4 ON SIDE: 'V.R.L.C./ Winch. Gill./ 1860.'/ ON BOTTOM: 'O. St. AMANT.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: LACQUERED
Decoration: INCISED LINES AND CAST RIDGES ENCIRCLING BODY

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ST. AMANT, O., Standard, capacity, 1860, Artifact no. 1997.0146, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0146.003/

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