Object: Anker - Aam - Liquid measure

Description

An anker was equal to 10.128 gallons of wine.    This was possibly the amount of a smaller container.

A larger liquid measure was the aam, that was equal to 4 ankers.   This was possibly the amount of a  larger container that probably looked like a small barrel and might hold 40.512 gallons of wine.

The barrel liquid measure (vat in Dutch)  was 243.072 gallons of wine; the equivalent of 4 hogsheads (okshoofden).   So this would have likley referred to the huge barrels or casks that are often used to produce wine in Europe.