brass grain weights

Made:
1800-1818 in Antwerp

Set of 11 small flat brass grain weights and a set of 9 brass nested cup weights weights for the metric livre from the Castlereagh Collection for Antwerp (Belgium).

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1932-196/2
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
5 decigrammes: 0.001 kg
1 decigrammes:
2 decigrammes:
200 parts of a gros:
400 parts of a gros:
600 parts of a gros:
800 parts of a gros:
type:
belgium metric livre weight
credit:
Board of Trade (Castlereagh Collection)