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OBJECT TYPE
SECONDARY/WINCHESTER/BRASS
DATE
1825
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1997.0081.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
UPPER CANADA/GR/1825
LOCATION
England

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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
N/A
Width
11.7 cm
Height
16.0 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Metrology
Category
Volume
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Unknown
Country
England
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
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.
Function
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.
Technical
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.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
.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'
Missing
N/A
Finish
LACQUER
Decoration
ORNATE INITIALS 'G R' ON SIDE/ INCISED LINES & CAST RIDGES ENCIRCLING BODY

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