Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Carthagena (Tunisia). Two set of 9 brass nested cup weights

PART OF:
Weights and original corrpondence from the Castlereagh Collection for Carthagena
Made:
1800-1820 in Tunis

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Carthagena (Tunisia). Two set of 9 brass nested cup weights, 8 circular brass knobbed weights and 22 small flat brass grain weights in fitted wooden box.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1932-204/1
Materials:
wood (unidentified) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
1/16 oz:: .002 kg
1/8 oz:: .004 kg
1/4 oz:: .007 kg
4 oz:: .0115 kg
1/2 oz:: .014 kg
8 Urquiza: .027 kg
1 oz:: .029 kg
2 oz: .058 kg
8 oz: .231 kg
type:
weight
credit:
Board of Trade (Castlereagh Collection)