Cheese-shaped brass weight

Made:
1800-1818 in Lubeck

Cheese-shaped brass weight for a commercial pound from the Castlereagh Collection for Lubeck (Germany).

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1932-220
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
1lb (2 Marks) - Commercial Pound: .485 kg
type:
german weight (mark)
credit:
Board of Trade (Castlereagh Collection)