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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1856
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0157.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COPPER BODY WITH BRASS TOP & BOTTOM RINGS AND HANDLES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Ontario
- Period
- 1856 TO NO LATER THAN 1872
- Canada
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THE LONG ESTABLISHED BRITISH WINCHESTER MEASURES WERE INTRODUCED INTO CANADA BY BRITISH SETTLERS, PROBABLY IN THE 18TH C. THEY WERE USED AS LEGAL STANDARDS IN CANADA UNTIL 1872, WHEN THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA ESTABLISHED THE BRITISH IMPERIAL GALLON, POUND & YARD AS THIS COUNTRY'S LEGAL STANDARD. - Function
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PRECISE MEASURES OF CAPACITY USED BY COLONIAL COUNTY OFFICIALS AS STANDARDS AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURES COULD BE VERIFIED. - Technical
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WINCHESTER GRAIN MEASURES WERE FIRST RECORDED IN BRITAIN IN THE 10THC & WERE MADELEGAL STANDARDS IN 1497. WINCHESTER MEASURES WERE REPLACED IN BRITIAN IN 1824 BY THE IMPERIAL GALLON. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 to.4 STAMPED ON SIDE: 'COUNTY/ WELLINGTON./ 1856'/.1 STAMPED ON SIDE: 'HALF. BUSHEL. WINCHESTER/ VR'/.2 STAMPED ON SIDE: 'PECK. WINCHESTER/ VR'/.3 STAMPED ON SIDE: '1/2 GALLON. WINCHESTER/ V.R'/.4 STAMPED ON SIDE: 'PINT. WINCHESTER/ V.R.'
- Missing
- .1 ONE HANDLE BROKEN OFF & MISSING/ .2 BASE MISSING
- Finish
- LACQUERED BUT BADLY WORN
- Decoration
- ALL INCISED ON BODY: 'COUNTY/WELLINGTON/ 1856'/ INCISED LETTERING ON OPPOSITE SIDE READS:.1 'HALF. BUSHEL WINCHESTER/ V.R.';.2 'PECK. WINCHESTER/ V.R.';.3 '1/2 GALLON. WINCHESTER/ V.R.'
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