Copy of bronze dish used for measuring lead ore

Made:
circa 1770 in England
Wooden copy made c

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Wooden copy made c
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Wooden copy made c.1770 of Bronze dish, old, for measuring lead ore, formerly used in Wirksworth Wapentake, in the King's Field, Derbyshire.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1902-95/2
Materials:
bronze (copper, tin alloy)
type:
ore capacity measure
credit:
Museum of Practical Geology