English Set of Ten Graduated Bronze Imperial Dry Measures, 1825

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English Set of Ten Graduated Bronze Imperial Dry Measures, 1825

$31,000List Priceper set

About the Item

English, cast bronze set of all original except the, ” Imperial quarter gill Liberty of Peterborough which is later probably lost and replaced dated 1891 ″The set is comprised of the 1/2 bushel ( 14.75″ diameter 8.0″ high), peck, gallon, quart, pint. Gill, 1/2 gill, 1/4 gill (1.125″ diameter 1.875″ high) Missing the bushel. The set dated 1825. The indenture number 113 is on all the measures. The glass plates between them are modern. British Imperial System, traditional system of weights and measures used officially in Great Britain from 1824 until the adoption of the metric system beginning in 1965. The United States Customary System of weights and measures is derived from it. British Imperial units are now legally defined in metric terms. Early origins. The British Imperial System evolved from the thousands of Roman, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and customary local units employed in the Middle Ages. Traditional names such as pound, foot and gallon were widely used, but the values so designated varied with time, place, trade, product specifications, and dozens of other requirements. Early royal standards established to enforce uniformity took the name Winchester, after the ancient capital of Britain, where the 10th-century Saxon king Edgar the Peaceable kept a royal bushel measure and quite possibly others. Fourteenth-century statutes recorded a yard (perhaps based originally on a rod or stick) of 3 feet, each foot containing 12 inches, each inch equaling the length of three barleycorns (employed merely as a learning device since the actual standard was the space between two marks on a yardbar). Units of capacity and weight were also specified. In the late 15th century, King Henry VII reaffirmed the customary Winchester standards for capacity and length and distributed royal standards (physical embodiments of the approved units) throughout the realm. This process was repeated about a century later in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. In the 16th century the rod (5.5 yards, or 16.5 feet) was defined (once again as a learning device and not as a standard) as the length of the left feet of 16 men lined up heel to toe as they emerged from church. By the 17th century usage and statute had established the ACRE, rod, and furlong at their present values (4,840 square yards, 16.5 feet, and 660 feet, respectively), together with other historic units. The several trade pounds in common use were reduced to just two: The troy pound, primarily for precious metals and the pound avoirdupois, for other goods sold by weight.

Dimensions:
Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Diameter: 14.75 in (37.47 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 16
Style:
George IV (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Bronze,Cast
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
Early 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1825
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. These are extremely heavy, crated for shipping.
Seller Location:
Woodbridge, CT
Reference Number:
Seller: RSW-4201stDibs: LU185935869783

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