Standard set, capacity

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OBJECT TYPE
SECONDARY/WINE/BRASS
DATE
1860
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1995.1521.001
MANUFACTURER
ST. AMANT, O.
MODEL
LOWER CANADA/VR/1860
LOCATION
France

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
3
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
27.0 cm
Width
13.5 cm
Height
17.0 cm
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
THE 'WINE' MEASURE WAS BROUGHT TO CANADA BY ENGLISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE 18THC AND WAS USED AS ONE OF THE LEGAL MEASURES UNTIL THE FIRST CANADIANWEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT WAS PASSED IN 1872 MAKING THE IMPERIAL GALLON, YARD AND POUND THE ONLY LEGAL MEASURES.
Function
PRECISE MEASURES OF CAPACITY BASED ON PRIMARY LEAGAL STANDARDS. THEY WERE USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS LEGAL STANDARDS AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURRES OF CAPACITY COULD BE MEASURED.
Technical
THE ENGLISH WINE GALLON WAS DEFINED IN THE ACT OF 1707 IN BRITAIN AS 231 CUBIC INCHES, WITH THE IMPERIAL GALLON DEFINED IN 1824 AS 277 CUBIC INCHES. [REF 2]
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
INCISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF EACH READS: 'O. St. AMANT'/ INCISED LETTERING ON SIDE OF EACH READS: 'V.R. L.C./ 1860.'/ QUANTITY MARKINGS FOR EACH MEASURE READS:.1 'Wine 1/2 Gal.';.2 'Wine Pint.';.3 'Wine Gill.'
Missing
N/A
Finish
LACQUERED
Decoration
INCISED LINES AND CAST RIDGES ENCIRCLING BODY

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