Standard one-eighth Quarter-Gallon volume measure, for the USA
- Made:
- 1840-1842 in United States
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Brass Standard one-eighth Gallon [pint] volume measure for the United States of America. Based on the adopted English Winchester standard for dry goods which was superseded in Britain by Imperial Measure in 1826. One of a set of measures presented by the Federal Government to the Standards Department of the British Board of Trade in 1842.
