Scots pint measure
Until the early eighteenth century, Scotland had its own system of weights and measures and some of these continued in use until well into the nineteenth century. The Scots pint was used traditionally to measure a married ploughman’s milk allowance.
Cast brass or bronze measure in the shape of a tankard with a handle, and two shields, one showing the Scottish lion, the other a poorly defined animal, perhaps the badge of Stirling. The measure has a capacity of one pint Scots (= 104.2 cubic inches, 3.001 Imperial pints).
Scots measure was generally superseded by Imperial measure after the union of parliaments in 1707. However, the Scots pint lingered on as a baker’s measure and in rural areas, even after it was abolished by statute in 1826.
Museum id no. 1996.102
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