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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1856
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0157.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: COPPER BODY WITH BRASS TOP & BOTTOM RINGS AND HANDLES

Dimensions

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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.'

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Unknown Manufacturer, Standard, capacity, 1856, Artifact no. 1997.0157, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0157.002/

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