Schillton

The Schillton was a volume measure for lime in the Duchy of Oldenburg . The measure was used by the sworn knives for shopping and storage.

• 1 schillton = 3 ⅝ bushels = 58 jugs (golden-shaped) = 82,654 liters

For comparison the lime barrel smaller by 2 cans:

• 1 lime barrel = 3 ½ bushels = 56 cans (oldburg. Grain cans) = 79,810 liters

See also

• Barrel

literature

• Friedrich Noback : General Börsen- u. Account book: Contains all shares, funds, money, bills of exchange and Bid rates, exchange law, measures, weights, usages, etc. Appendix: Telegraph, postal u. Insurance , Volume 3, Adolf Gumprecht, Leipzig 1862, p. 30.
• Oldenburg (State): Law Gazette for the Duchy of Oldenburg: From the years 1869 to 1870 , Volume 21, Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1869, p. 76.