Mezzetta

The Mezzetta , also Mezetta (plural: Mezzette), was an Italian measure of volume in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and used for oil , grain and wine .

Grain measure

• 1 mezzetta = 2 quartucci = 76 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 1.5 liters
• 2 mezzettes = 1 metadello
• 4 mezzets = 1 quarto
• 8 mezzets = 1 mina
• 16 mezzets = 1 stajo
• 48 Mezzette = 1 Sacco

Oil measure

• 1 mezzetta / oil mezzetta = 2 quartucci = 26 ⅓ Parisian cubic inches = 7/13 liters
• 4 mezzette 1 fiasco / bottle
• 64 mezzette = 1 barile da olio / oil baril

Wine measure

• 1 mezzetta / wine mezzetta = 2 quartucci = 57 9/20 Parisian cubic inches = 1 ⅛ liter
• 2 mezzettes = 1 fiasco
• 40 mezzette = 1 barile da vino / wine bar

literature

• Isaac Smith Homans Jr .: A cyclopedia of commerce and commercial navigation. Harper & Brothers, New York 1859, p. 1952
• Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 195
• Ferdinand Hessler : textbook of physics: according to the needs of technology, the arts and trade. Wilhelm Braumüller, Vienna 1852 p. IX