Maatje

The Maatje , also called Mäßlein, was a small Dutch measure of volume and grain . It was the same as the Belgian mesurette . As a pronounced measure of liquid, it was called glass .

• 1 Maatje = 1 deciliter = 10 Vingerhoed / thimble
• 1 Kan = 10 Maatje = 1 liter

literature

• Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for businessmen in general, or a complete dictionary. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1843, p. 24 ( digitized in the Google book search).