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SUITE DE SEPT MESURES ANGLAISES du département de la guerre, en cuivre de

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SET OF SEVEN WAR DEPARTMENT ENGLISH MEASUREMENTS, in copper cylindrical form, standard for measuring gallons. Each measure engraved: HM (Her Majesty's) and WD (War Department) and year 1875 and respectively: Imperial two gallon, Imperial gallon, Imperial half gallon, Imperial quart, Imperial pint, Imperial half-pint, Imperial gill. Various punches. Engraved De Grave Shorts &| Co London. United Kingdom, Victorian period, second half of the 19th century, 1875.
Height : 9,5 and 20 cm - Diameter : 6 to 27 cm
Total weight : 32 kg of copper. (Small shocks)
Comparable measures, marked for the Victorian Customs Service and dated 1864, are kept at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne, Australia.