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Description: | A cast copper alloy trade weight. The weight has been marked with three stamped identification markings. 1) A ewer, which represents the fact that the weight has been approved. 2) A quartered shield of the Guildhall.3) An unidentifiable mark. If the ewer is positioned at 6 O'clock then the shield is at 11 o'clock. With the unidentified mark at 2 o'clock.This weight was issued after 1826. In 1826 an Act came in establishing the new 'Imperial Standards'. The weight is flat, with a raised rim. The inner (stamped) part of weight has finely turned.The reverse in flat. This weight dates from post 1826.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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