Accession No

2619

Brief Description

seven capacity measures (set), by De Grave and Company Ltd., English, 1886-1904

Origin

England; London

Maker

De Grave and Company Ltd.

Class

weights & measures; metrology

Earliest Date

1886

Latest Date

1904

Inscription Date

1904

Material

metal (brass, bell-metal); wood (ebony)

Dimensions

d of gallon 209 mm h 168 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s, South Kensington, London, England; lot 120, 14/7/1980. West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council Collection of Standard Weights and Measures.

Inscription

IMPERIAL _______
WEST RIDING COUNTY COUNCIL
SOWERBY DISTRICT
1904
DE GRAVE & Co LD LONDON
481
(verification mark for 1904)

Description Notes

Set of seven cylindrical measures, bell-metal: gallon, half gallon, quart, pint,half pint, gill, half gill. Gallon has brass and ebony handles.
good condition
imperial half pint is from earlier set (not noted in 1980)

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