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Selection of eight Indian brass weights, stool shaped, no inscriptions

Made:
1700-1799 in Benares
Selection of eight Indian brass weights, stool shaped

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Selection of eight Indian brass weights, stool shaped
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Selection of eight Indian brass weights, stool shaped, not marked and not inscribed. Benares, 18th century.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1954-697
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
type:
indian weight
credit:
Victoria & Albert Museum

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