Accession No

0032

Brief Description

Nest of weights, French, 1750 -1840

Origin

Paris; France

Maker

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1750

Latest Date

1840

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

length 73mm; breadth 55mm; height 37mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Paris in 04/1922.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass; master cup with raised hinges and clasp piece. Hinge stamped with denomination ‘1 LIVRE’, ‘500 G’, ‘K’ with crown. Base of master cup stamped ‘250. G’ and ‘K’ with crown and ‘0’. 6 cup weights stamped on rim ‘4’, ‘2’, ‘1’, ‘ONCE’ and ‘4’, ‘2’, ‘1’, ‘GROS’ and on base ‘125’, ‘62’, ‘31’, ‘15’, ‘7’, ‘3’, ‘GS’. With ‘K’ and crown and (?) and a fleur-de-lys. On underside stamped P.

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