Bicchiero

Bicchiero was an Italian measure of volume for liquids and a measure of weight for oil.

liquids

• Naples 1 bicchiero = 0.242 liters
• Naples 3 bicchiero = 1 caraffa
• Sicily 1 bicchiero = 0.214913 liters; commonly 0.21812 liters
• Sicily 4 bicchiero = 1 quartucci

Weight measure

Bicchiero was used as a measure of oil as a measure of weight in Sicily.

• 1 bicchiero = 11.601 lot ( Prussia = 16.667 grams ) = 193.35 grams

literature

• Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 37 .
• Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values ​​and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 33.