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Description: | A cast copper alloy artefact, possibly an apothecary's weight of Post Medieval date, about AD 1550 - 1800. It is flat and in the form of a square with rounded corners. On the upper surface is a narrow groove following the edge of the square, within which is a recessed design. It is difficult to determine what this design represents owing to the degree of wear, but it may be a Merchant's mark simiar to those on apothecaries weights on page 7 of Biggs (1994) Apothecaries Weights. Springing from one side is a motif like a central flower with two leaves. There is also an L shaped feature and a rounded symbol. The centre of the mount is worn though into two holes which do not look to be intentional.It is also possible that the artefact is a decorative object such as a mount. The decoration may have been embellished with enamel or gilding, but though the recesses appear to hold another material (possibly dirt or corrosion) no evidence of the nature of any inlay survives.The underside of the square is plain, with no evidence of a mounting point or other form of attachment. The artefact has a dark brown patina. It is 16.1mm long, 15.2mm wide and 1.8mm thick. It weighs 1.83gm. Even allowing for wear, this does not fit neatly into the English troy apothecary ststem of weights, so if the object is a weight, it may predate 1617 when they adpoted the troy system.
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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