Physical description
Nine weights made of a silver like material and are smaller in mass and size. These weights are all flat, rectangular pieces of metal each with a differing number of punched circles on them, likely to denote their mass.
Nine weights made of a silver like material and are smaller in mass and size. These weights are all flat, rectangular pieces of metal each with a differing number of punched circles on them, likely to denote their mass.
British apothecaries’ Weight (pre 1864) as a standard measurement unit was used commonly in was used in and until the second half of the 19th century.
A white circular cardboard container with a red lid and a paper label inscribed with the text “Weights” on top.
Weights
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This type of weights was used in the 19th century.
Eleven brass, square shaped weights cut roughly square and filed to correct weight
Front: Numeral with Unit in Script Lettering/Reverse: Apothecary Symbol
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