General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

COPPER BODY WITH BRASS TOP & BOTTOM RINGS AND HANDLES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

43.0 cm

Width

38.0 cm

Height

17.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Volume

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1856 TO NO LATER THAN 1872

Canada

THE LONG ESTABLISHED BRITISH WINCHESTER MEASURES WERE 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 STANDARD.

Function

PRECISE MEASURES OF CAPACITY USED BY COLONIAL COUNTY OFFICIALS AS STANDARDS AGAINST WHICH COMMERCIAL & OTHER MEASURES COULD BE VERIFIED.

Technical

WINCHESTER GRAIN MEASURES WERE FIRST RECORDED IN BRITAIN IN THE 10THC & WERE MADELEGAL STANDARDS IN 1497. WINCHESTER MEASURES WERE REPLACED IN BRITIAN IN 1824 BY THE IMPERIAL GALLON.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 to.4 STAMPED ON SIDE: 'COUNTY/ WELLINGTON./ 1856'/.1 STAMPED ON SIDE: 'HALF. BUSHEL. WINCHESTER/ VR'/.2 STAMPED ON SIDE: 'PECK. WINCHESTER/ VR'/.3 STAMPED ON SIDE: '1/2 GALLON. WINCHESTER/ V.R'/.4 STAMPED ON SIDE: 'PINT. WINCHESTER/ V.R.'

Missing

.1 ONE HANDLE BROKEN OFF & MISSING/ .2 BASE MISSING

Finish

LACQUERED BUT BADLY WORN

Decoration

ALL INCISED ON BODY: 'COUNTY/WELLINGTON/ 1856'/ INCISED LETTERING ON OPPOSITE SIDE READS:.1 'HALF. BUSHEL WINCHESTER/ V.R.';.2 'PECK. WINCHESTER/ V.R.';.3 '1/2 GALLON. WINCHESTER/ V.R.'