Objects
Measure
Alcohol
Measure
Quality control
Pint- ale (holds 525ml)
[Taken from object catalagoue]
A nest of four mid-eighteenth century brass liquid measures. Each is a cylindrical tankard with molded rim, the largest with a loop handle, engraved ‘Nichs. Corsellis Esqr./ WIVEN HOE HALL./ 1766/ Quart Winchester’. The inner measures include a pint Winchester, a half-pint Winchester and a gill wine Winchester measures.
Wivenhoe is a town sited on the east bank of the River Colne in north-east Essex. One of the major landholders of the eighteenth century, the Corsellis family, was descended from families in the Low Countries, and purchased the manorial estate. The Corsellis of 1766 was Nicholas Corsellis V (1745-1826).
[The capacity of 525ml is closest to a Winchester pint of 557ml. Whilst the Winchester measure was intended for dry measures such as corn, it was often used indiscriminately for ale as well, giving rise to much confusion.]
Production
Dates of Production: circa
exact
England
Consumer
Nicholas Corsellis
male
Owner
Gentleman
Consumption
exact 1766
Wivenhoe Hall, Wivenhoe, Essex, England
Materials
Metal- brass
Museological Details
Measure
Crab Tree Farm
D.O.M/67
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