Description
Heading : A bronze quart measure . assayed at the standards office in Bedfordshire
Date : c.1890
Period : Victoria
Origin : Unknown. but approved by the Bedfordshire County standards office
Decoration : Riveted handle with thumb rest
Size : Height 16.0 cm.
Condition : Good some dings. Does not leak
Restoration : None
Weight : 947 grams
There has been legislation in Britain about weights and measures of beer since Magna Carta. Nothing offends a British man more than a short measure in a pub. In the days before pint glasses were acid etched with a fill line this was the solution. Measuring tankards were made for all legal measures from a quarter gill to a gallon. The quart is still a legal measure in pubs and it is shame that so few pubs stock glasses or tankards large enough as they reduce the length of queues at the bar.
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