General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

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

10.5 cm

Height

7.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Mass/weight

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1795 TO NO LATER THAN 1872

Canada

LONG ESTABLISHED BRITISH TROY WEIGHT WAS BROUGHT TO CANADA BY BRITISH SETTLERS, PROBABLY IN 18THC. IT WAS ONE OF WEIGHTS USED AS LEGAL STANDARDS IN CANADA UNTIL 1872, WHEN FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA MADE BRITISH IMPERIAL YARD, GALLON, & POUND (AVOIRDUPOIS) CANADA'S LEGAL UNITS OF MEASURE

Function

A SET OF PRECISE MEASURES OF MASS, BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARD. THEY WERE USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS LEGAL STANDARDS AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL, COUNTY, & OTHER WEIGHTS & MEASURES COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technical

BRITISH TROY POUND WAS USED FROM LATE 14TH C. IN 1824 TROY POUND BECAME IMPERIAL POUND WHEN IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF MEASURES WAS INTRODUCED. IT WAS REPLACED BY AVOIRDUPOIS POUND AS IMPERIAL STANDARD IN 1855, BUT IS STILL USED FOR PRECIOUS STONES & METALS. ONE TROY POUND=373.2 GRAMS, 13 IMPERIAL OZ.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1-.8 STAMPED ON EDGE & BASE WITH ROYAL (GEORGE III) SYMBOL & CHECKERBOARD SYMBOL/ INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON.1 EDGE READS 'G.R.*, LOWER CANADA * 1796' & '64 oz Troy' (LATTER IN SCRIPT)/.2-.8 SIMILARLY INCISED:.2 32 oz Troy,.3 16 oz Troy,.4 8 oz Troy,.5 4 oz Troy,.6 2 oz Troy,.7 1 oz Troy,.8 1/2 oz Troy'/.9 STAMPED '1/4'

Missing

none

Finish

LACQUERED BRASS

Decoration

N/A