Rectangular wooden box
- Made:
- 1847-1900 in Birmingham
Rectangular wooden box, with hinged lid, containing thirteen weights, drams, scruples, and grains, and a pair of tweezers, to facilitate their removal from the box, weights made by W. & T. Avery, Birmingham, English, 1847-1900
Details
- Category:
- Pharmacy-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665063
- Materials:
- case, wood, case, brass, case, velvet, case, ivory and content, brass
- Measurements:
-
case: length 116 mm
case: width 62 mm
case: depth 22 mm
- type:
- weight sets
Parts
Set of three circular coin-like weights
Set of three circular coin-like weights, to weigh 2, one and half and 1/2 scruples, 1 scruple weight missing, by W. & T. Avery Limited, Birmingham, England, 1847-1900.
Set of seven flat brass weights
Set of seven flat brass weights, of differing shapes, to weigh 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and 1/2 grains, by W. & T. Avery Limited, Birmingham, England, 1847-1900.
Pair of brass tweezers
Pair of brass tweezers, with down curved pointed ends, to facilitate remaining weights from box
- Measurements:
-
length 103 mm
width 12 mm
beam: length 173 mm
pans: diameter 63 mm
shears: length 115 mm
- Materials:
- brass , scales, silver , scales, steel , thread, cotton , leather and weights, brass
- Object Number:
- A665063 Pt4
- type:
- tweezers
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