Lot 262
Graduated Set of Eleven Scottish Bronze Imperial Standard Measures, De Grave, Short & Fanner of London, No. 1263, for the County of Ayr, 1859
Lot 262 Details
Graduated Set of Eleven Scottish Bronze Imperial Standard Measures, De Grave, Short & Fanner of London, No. 1263, for the County of Ayr, 1859
Imperial bushel to quarter gill
quarter gill an 1879 addition
width 25.2" — 64 cm.
Estimate $8,000-$12,000
CONDITION DETAILS
Bushel, half bushel, peck, gallon, half gallon, quart, pint, half pint, gill, half gill and quarter gill; peck measure is numbered 1264; 1/4 gill is an 1879 addition to the set numbered 1268 and in addition to COUNTY OF AYR, inscribed No.3 DISTRICT (the quarter gill was a new measure introduced in 1879) with beveled glass tops to enable stacked display