Accession No

1297

Brief Description

nest of weights (4lb), English, c. 1830

Origin

England

Maker

AB

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1826

Latest Date

1830

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

height 65mm; length 96mm; breadth 79mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Likely donated by Miss A. E. Harrison.

Inscription

‘AB’

Description Notes

Brass nest of weights - 4lb. Master cup with raised hinge piece, (broken), decorated with concentric circles on lid and round body. Raised clasp piece (broken). Lid stamped ‘XXXII’ and ‘AB’. 6 cup weights inscribed ‘XVI’, ‘VIII’, ‘IIII’, ‘II’, ‘I’, on rim and all with ‘AB’ (1/2 oz not stamped (stamped with coffee pot; 10-2-2000)). 1 ounce marked in base ‘A’ and with coffee pot. All decorated with incised circles.

Condition: fair; incomplete (central weight missing?; 10-2-2000).

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