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Description: | A late Medieval to early Post Medieval cast copper-alloy cup weight, dating from c. 13th-16th century AD. The cup weight is dish-shaped with a flat base measuring approximately 21.3 mm in diameter with 14.22 mm high walls angled slightly outwards from the base and a 28.79 mm external diameter (23.65 mm internal upper diameter). The cup has a flat rim, which is undecorated unlike other examples recorded onto the PAS database (cf: HAMP-26B881, DENO-54E403). There are lathe centring points inside and out and file adjustment marks on the base. The outer walls of the cup measure approximately 2.7 mm thick and are undecorated, save for filing marks. The cup weight measures 28.66 grams, which is slightly below that of a typical 1oz avoirdupois weight (cf.: HAMP-26B881).Cup weights are discussed in the Salisbury & Wiltshie Museum Medieval Catalogue Part 3 (Saunders, 2001) p.125-6 & fig.43 - cup weights " were used to weigh gold and silver, in the form of coin, small objects or as scrap metal or other precious materials... Here accuracy was essential and the weights were usually made of copper alloy [although there are two lead examples illustrated]. Cup weights sold in nested sets are known from the thirteenth century." Cup weights of various sizes and a circular lidded weight box are catalogued.Norman Biggs, 1992 (English Weights, White House) p.14-5 dates cup weights to the 12th-16th centuries.
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