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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ST. AMANT, O., Standard set, capacity, 1860, Artifact no. 1995.1521, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1521.001/

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