Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

3

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

BRASS

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

S/O

Largeur

11,7 cm

Hauteur

16,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Métrologie

Catégorie

Volumétrique

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Inconnu

Pays

England

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

1825 TO NO LATER THAN 1872

Canada

THE LONG ESTABLISHED BRITISH WINCHESTER MEASURE WAS INTRODUCED INTO CANADA BY BRITISH SETTLERS, PROBABLY IN THE 18C. IT WAS USED AS A LEGAL STANDARD IN CANDA UNTIL 1872, WHEN THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA ESTABLISHED THE BRITISH IMPERIAL GALLON, POUND, & YARD ASTHIS COUNTRY'S LEGAL UNITS OF MEASURE.

Fonction

USED AS A PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. IT WAS USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS A LEGAL STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL, COUNTY & OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technique

WINCHESTER GRAIN MEASURES WERE FIRST RECORDED IN BRITAIN IN THE 10C AND WERE MADE LEGAL STANDARDS IN 1497 BY HENRY VII. THE MEASURES WERE USED FOR WHEAT, ALE, & WINE (WINE UNTIL 1707) & INCLUDED THE PINT, QUART, POTTLE (4 PINTS), GALLON & BUSHEL. THEY WERE REPLACED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 BY THE IMPERIAL GALLON.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

.1 INCISED ON SIDES: 'GR [DECORATIVE SCRIPT]/ UPPER CANADA./ 1825./ [IN CURSIVE] Quart/ Winchester.'/ ON UPPER RIM 2 TIMES: CROWN WITH 'GR/IIII' BELOW AND TWO portcullis STAMPS/.2 SAME AS.1 EXCEPT 'Pint' INSTEAD OF 'Quart'/.3 same as.1 except 'Gallon' instead of 'quart'

Manque

S/O

Fini

LACQUER

Décoration

ORNATE INITIALS 'G R' ON SIDE/ INCISED LINES & CAST RIDGES ENCIRCLING BODY