Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the Regency era.
It also features numerous Customs & Excise stamps for various monarchs including Queen Victoria; George Vth and George VIth.
These very fine quality measures were used by Customs & Excise to check that market traders did not under-sell their customers by supplying short amounts. Woe betide offenders, who would be heavily fined for a first offence and perhaps deported to Australia for a subsequent one!
Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the Regency era.
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FINE EARLY BRONZE HALF-GALLON MEASURE: 1834
