Set of five [112-7lbs] bell shaped, Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weights

Made:
1558 in London

Set of five [112-7lbs] bell shaped, Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weights, with ring and staple handle. Part of the original unsatisfactory set issued by Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1931-944
Materials:
bronze and complete
type:
avoirdupois weight (standard)
credit:
Board of Trade

Parts

Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weight

Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weight

One of five [112 lb] bell shaped Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weights, with ring and staple handle. Part of the original unsatisfactory set issued by Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.

Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy)
Object Number:
1931-944 Pt1
type:
avoirdupois weight (standard)
Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weight

Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weight

One of five [56 lb] bell shaped Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weights, with ring and staple handle. Part of the original unsatisfactory set issued by Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.

Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy)
Object Number:
1931-944 Pt2
type:
avoirdupois weight (standard)
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weight

Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weight

One of five [28 lb] bell shaped Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weights, with ring and staple handle. Part of the original unsatisfactory set issued by Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.

Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy)
Object Number:
1931-944 Pt3
type:
avoirdupois weight (standard)
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weight

Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weight

One of five [14 lb] bell shaped Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weights, with ring and staple handle. Part of the original unsatisfactory set issued by Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.

Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy)
Object Number:
1931-944 Pt4
type:
avoirdupois weight (standard)
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weights

Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weights

One of five [7 lb] bell shaped Avoirdupois bronze Exchequer weights, with ring and staple handle. Part of the original unsatisfactory set issued by Queen Elizabeth I in 1558.

Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy)
Object Number:
1931-944 Pt5
type:
avoirdupois weight (standard)
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum