General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODEN BOX WITH METAL HARDWARE/ MEASURES BRASS/ GLASS LIDS

Dimensions

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

Length

70.0 cm

Width

43.0 cm

Height

26.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

6.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Volume

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

OERTLING

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

AFTER 1874 AND AT LEAST UP TO THE 1910 - 1936 REIGN OF GEORGE V [SEE MARKINGS]

Canada

IN 1872 THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLELEGAL STANDARD. IN 1874 THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PURCHASED IT'S OWN STANDARDS & SET UP IT'S OWN SYSTEM OF INSPECTION.

Function

SET USED TO PROVIDE A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPAITY FROM AN IMPERIAL GALLON TO AN IMPERIAL HALF GILL AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MEASURES COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technical

THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS ESTABLISHED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 AND CONSISTED OF THE IMPERIAL YARD, POUND, AND GALLON.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INSCRIBED.1 TO.7: ON RIM TOP: '[CROWN]/ VR' 'GR [IN CROWN]' '[PORTCULLIS]'/ ON FRONT OF RIM: '93'/ ON FRONT OF MEASURES: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ AD.1874'/ ON FIRST LINE ON FRONT OF EACH:.1 'IMPERIAL GALLON';.2 'IMPERIAL HALF GALLON';.3 'IMPERIAL QUART';.4 'IMPERIAL PINT';.5 'IMPERIAL HALF PINT';.6 'IMPERIAL GILL';.7 'IMPERIAL HALF GILL'/ LABEL AFFIXED TO BOX LID READS IN PART: 'TO/ STANDARDS/ DEPARTMENT OF C & C A/ STANDARDS BUILDING/ TUNNEYS PASTURE HOLLAND AVE./ OTTAWA, ONTARIO/ FROM/ VANCOUVER/.../ DATE/ 15/ 5/ 87/...'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BOX PAINTED BROWN/ PADDING FELT/ BRASS LACQUERED

Decoration

MOLDED RINGS AROUND TOP AND BOTTOM OF MEASURES