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

type:: weight sets

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Parts

Set of three circular coin-like weights

Set of three circular coin-like weights, to weigh 4, 2 and 1 drams, made by W. and T. Avery, of Birmingham

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A665063 Pt1

type:: weights

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.

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A665063 Pt2

type:: weights

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.