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Description: | A cast copper alloy London trade weight.
The weight has been marked with four stamped identification markings.
1) A ewer, which represents the fact that the weight has been approved.
2) A sword, which represents the sword of St. Paul.
3) The symbol of the royal cipher (crowned G), the City of London (Guildhall) mark.
4) A capital letter A.
If the ewer is positioned at 6 O?clock then the sword is at 5 o?clock (pointing horizontally to the right). The crowned G is at 10 o?clock and the A is at 12 o?clock (both appear sideways on).
This weight was issued during the reigns of George I to George IV.
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 1714 ? 1826. | 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: | 1714
1826 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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