Accession No

2614

Brief Description

5 conical capacity measures

Origin

Maker

Class

weights & measures; metrology

Earliest Date

1886

Latest Date

1886

Inscription Date

1886

Material

metal; copper; brass

Dimensions

h of quart 130 mm, d of base 152 mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s, South Kensington, London, England; lot 1, 14/7/1980. West Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council Collection of Standard Weights and Measures.

Inscription

each inscribed with capacity and:
‘CORPORATION OF MORLEY. 1886’

Description Notes

Set of 5 conical capacity measures, copper with brass rims; Quart, pint, half pint, gill, half gill.

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