Set of Grain Weights, made for Lord Carysfort's 1758 Committee
- maker:
- Joseph Harris
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Mahogany box for set of ten grain weights, made by Joseph Harris, London, England, 1755-1758. Joseph Harris made the mahogany box and ten grain weights, for Lord Carysfort's 1758-1759 Select Committee, which he set up “to inquire into the original standards and measures in this kingdom, and to consider the laws relating thereto..”.
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1931-952
- Materials:
- bronze (copper, tin alloy) and mahogany (wood)
- type:
- grain weight (standard)
- credit:
- Board of Trade
