French standard litre measure with glass lid, 1869

Standard Bronze Litre, with special glass strike and 2 adjustable stands, Presented to Standards. Dept. by the French Govt. 1869

Bronze litre standard measure presented to the British Weights & Measures Department by the French government in 1869. The measure is provided with a glass lid known as a strike to ensure that the container is not overfilled when being used. Although the Metric System, developed in France, was first used in the nineteenth century it is only recently that the British government has formally adopted it. In the United States Americans still use weights and measures based on adopted English ones.