Accession No

2630

Brief Description

indenture for a set of De Grave weights, English, 1834

Origin

England

Maker

Class

weights & measures; manuscripts

Earliest Date

1834

Latest Date

1834

Inscription Date

1834

Material

paper; skin; wax (sealing wax)

Dimensions

breadth 430mm; height 332mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Christie’s, London, England; lot 42, 14/7/1980. Yorkshire County Council Collection of Standard Weights and Measures

Inscription

begins ‘This Indenture Witnesseth that Edward Abraham De Grave of No. 59 St. Martin Le Grand in the City of London’…

Description Notes

Printed and handwritten indenture certificate for a set of Imperial weights and measures made by E.A. De Grave for the Lower Division of Stafforth and Tickell, West Riding of Yorkshire, dated 5 December 1834. A number of additions, the latest dated 1927. Two sheets. In envelope. Includes one set of avoirdupois weights from 56 lbs to one-half drachm, (no troy weights), measured from one bushel to one half-gill, and one standard yard, all Imperial Measures.

Condition good; complete.

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