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Burgh Weights and Measures
Dumfries Standard Measure, Burgh of Dumfries, c1801
- Period:
- 19th Century
- Description:
This pre-imperial English gallon measure is part of an incomplete gallon and fractions set, see related items below.
Detail:
on side - ENGLISH GALLON / 7 / lb / 9 3/4 / OZ / 44 / Gr / OR 58484 TROY GRAINS / DUMFRIES STANDARD
on neck - TH / DG [stamped twice]- Place of Production:
- Edinburgh
- Materials/Media:
- sheet copper
- Dimensions:
- height 230mm, diameter (rim) 44mm, diameter (foot) 185mm
- Source:
- Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
- Accession number:
- DUMFM:1990.64
- Digital Number:
- DMWM038a-d
- Creation Date:
- c1801
- Copyright:
- Dumfries & Galloway Council
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