Standard, capacity

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OBJECT TYPE: PRIMARY/WINCHESTER/BRASS
DATE: 1860
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1995.1522.001

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: 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: N/A
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: 7.8 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: FROM 1860 TO NO LATER THAN 1872
Canada: ENGLISH IMMIGRANTS BROUGHT THE WINCHESTER MEASUREMENT TO CANADA. IT WAS ONE OF THE LEGAL MEASUREMENT STANDARDS UNTIL 1872 WHEN THE FIRST WEIGHTS & MEASURES ACT OF CANADA WAS PASSED, MAKING IMPERIAL MEASURES CANADA'S SOLE LEGAL STANDARD OF MEASURE.
Function: USED BY A COLONIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT (LOWER CANADA) AS A LEGAL CAPACITY STANDARD AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL AND OTHER MEASURES OF CAPACITY COULD BE MEASURED.
Technical: WINCHESTER MEASURES WERE CENTURIES OLD BRITISH MEASURES (LEGALIZED IN 1707) USED IN BRITAIN AND HERCOLONIES UNTIL IMPERIAL MEASURES REPLACED ALL EARLIER MEASURES IN 1824.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS: 'O. ST. AMANT'/ INCISED LETTERING ON SIDE READS: 'V.R.L.C./ Winch. Gill. [IN CURSIVE]/ 1860.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: LACQUERED
Decoration: INCISED LINES & CAST RIDGES ENCIRCLING BODY

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