Indian weight

Made:
1800-1899 in India
One of six Indian brass weights with lifting ring fixed at top

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One of six Indian brass weights with lifting ring fixed at top
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One of six Indian brass weights with lifting ring fixed at top. All engraved on side with the Travancore mark of a "Turritella" shell like the old stamps. Travancore 19th century

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1954-698/1
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
type:
indian weight
credit:
Victoria & Albert Museum