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Description: | A cast copper alloy London trade weight. The ?brass? weight has been marked with a ewer, which represents the fact that the weight has been approved. The weight also depicts a sword, which represents the sword of St. Paul, the symbol of the royal cipher, the City of London (Guildhall) mark. If the ewer is at 6 O?clock (the right way around) then the sword hangs down from 12 O? clock but is pointing to 7?O clock. At the side of the sword are the letters EL which could be CL (but the stamp has been slightly mis-struck) the letters surmount a crown. This arrangement appears up side down to the ewer. The EL stands for Elizabeth I, indicating that this weight was issued during her reign, if the E is in fact a C, then this weight would have been issued under Charles I or II. The weight is flat, with a raised rim. The inner (stamped) part of weight has finely turned lines in a concentric circle. The reverse in flat and has file marks scratched into its surface. This weight dates from 1590-1685. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1590
1685 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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