Decorative object - Weight, 19th to mid-20th centuries

Significance

W3ights such as this one were used to measure goods sold or purchased. They were used in Australia in homes and stores, and government organisations, until the mid 1960s when the Nation converted to metric measures.

Physical description

Weight; one pound imperial measure with inscription around perimete.

Inscriptions & markings

"1 lb"
(Other marks are Indecipherable)

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