Set of 8 brass nested cup weights for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection for Alicante
1800-1818
Two 36-drawer wooden cabinets, plus weights and sycamore (wood) case with lid from the Viscount Castlereagh Collection for Alicante, Spain
- Made:
- 1815-1818
- maker:
- Unknown
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Two 36-drawer wooden cabinets: one with drawers numbered 1 to 36 and the other with drawers numbered 37 to 72, plus weights from the Viscount Castlereagh Collection for Alicante, Spain, including a set of 8 brass nested cup weights for the Mark of Alicante & 7 square brass grain weights comprising 12 gn, 9 gn, 6 gn, 4 gn, 2 gn, 1 gn, and two folded pieces of paper: one of which is inscribed with ‘Alicante’, plus a sycamore (wood) case with lid for carrying the weights, unsigned, Alicante, Valencia, Spain, 1815-1818; various documents relating to the weights.
Set of brass nested cup weights with box and a selection square grain weights used for general weighing in the district of Alicante in Spain. These weights were collected in 1818 from the local market of the area through the agency of the British consulate in the district. These weights along with examples from throughout the world were collected at the behest of the British foreign secretary, Viscount Castlereagh. Their values were then determined so that a list of foreign measures could be published as an aid to British merchants trading throughout the world.
Set of 7 square brass grain weights and two folded pieces of paper: one of which is inscribed with ‘Alicante’, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection
1800-1818
Sycamore (wood) case with lid, for the Mark of Alicante from the Castlereagh Collection
1800-1818
36-drawer wooden cabinet
1815-1818
Castlereagh cabinet for weights
1815-1818
List from the Castlereagh Collection
1815-1818
Original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Merseilles.
1815-1818
Original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for City of Zacatecas (Mexico)
1815-1818
Original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for New London
1815-1818
Original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Baltimore
1815-1818
Document, entitled 'Preface' from the Castlereagh Collection
1815-1818
Original correspondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Alicante
1815-1818
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1932-193
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), mahogany (wood), wood (unidentified), paper (fibre product) and sycamore (wood)
- Measurements:
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Individual Cabinet (High Drawer No.s): 2050 mm x 660 mm x 400 mm, 104 kg
Individual Cabinet (Low Drawer No.s): 2050 mm x 660 mm x 400 mm, 106 kg
- type:
- brass weight and cabinet
- credit:
- Board of Trade (Castlereagh Collection)
