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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1860
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0518.003
- MANUFACTURER
- ST. AMANT, O.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- France
More Information
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.
- 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
- ST AMANT
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1860 TO NO LATER THAN 1872
- Canada
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FRENCH POT, SEPTIER,POIFSON, & PINTE WERE BROUGHT TO CANADA BY FRENCH IMMIGRANTS. THEY REMAINED LEGAL STANDARDS IN CANADA UNTIL 1872, WHEN FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA CAUSED ALL EXISTING MEASURES TO BE REPLACED BY IMPERIAL GALLON, YARD, & POUND. - Function
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PRECISE MEASURES OF CAPACITY BASED ON PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARDS. THEY WERE USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS LEGAL STANDARDS AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE MEASURED. - Technical
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POT, SEPTIER, POIFSON, & PINTE WERE LIQUID MEASURES USED IN FRANCE UNTIL METRIFICATION IN 1795; EXACT CAPACITIES VARIED FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF EACH READS 'O. St. AMANT'/ INCISED LETTERING ON SIDE OF EACH READS 'V.R. L.C./ [QUANTITY IN SCRIPT]/ 1860'/ QUANTITY MARKINGS FOR EACH MEASURE READ:.1 'Pot.';.2 'Pinte.';.3 'Septier.';.4 'Poifson'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED BRASS
- Decoration
- INCISED LINES & CAST RIDGES ENCIRCLING BODY
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ST. AMANT, O., Standard, capacity, 1860, Artifact no. 1995.0518, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1995.0518.003/
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