General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

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

15.2 cm

Width

11.0 cm

Height

13.6 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

Quebec

Period

1795 TO NO LATER THAN 1872

Canada

THE LONG ESTABLISHED BRITISH WINE MEASURES WAS INTRODUCED INTO CANADA BY BRITISH SETTLERS, PROBABLY IN THE 18TH C. THEY WERE USED AS LEGAL STANDARDS IN CANADA UNTIL 1872, WHEN THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA ESTABLISHED THE BRITISH IMPERIAL GALLON, POUND, & YARD AS THIS COUNTRY'S LEGAL UNITS.

Function

PRECISE MEASURE OF CAPACITY BASED UPON THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S PRIMARY LEGAL STANDARDS. THEY WERE USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS LEGAL STANDARS AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL, COUNTRY & OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technical

THE WINE GALLON, IN USE IN BRITAIN FROM THE 15TH C WAS LEGALIZED IN 1707 AND BECAME THE U.S.STANDARD GALLON IN 1836. IT WAS REPLACED IN BRITAIN IN 1824 BY THE IMPERIAL MEASURE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED LETTERING ON SIDE READING: 'Quart Wine [IN CURSIVE]/ G*R. LOWER CANADA/ 1795'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LACQUERED

Decoration

INCISED LINES & CAST RIDGES ENCIRCLING BODY