Accession No

1023

Brief Description

set of 4 volumetric measures, c.1700

Origin

England

Maker

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1700

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

side of base 22mm; height of largest 105mm; height of smallest 15mm

Special Collection

Provenance

On loan from Trinity College, University of Cambridge from 1951.

Inscription

‘Trin: Coll: Cant
Ex Dono Tho:
Scattergood
Arm’ (underside of each)

Description Notes

Four brass volumetric measures in the form of cuboid containers. Inscribed respectively ‘A cubique inch’, ‘1/2 a cubique inch’, ‘1/4 of a cubique inch’, ‘1/8 of a cubique inch’.

Condition fair (very corroded inside); complete.

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