Castlereagh Collection weights

Made:
1800-1820 in France

Weights from the Castlereagh Collection for Charante (France). Selection of boxed set of 12 brass knobbed cylindrical metric weights with 9 small flat grain weights.

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1932-205/1
Materials:
complete, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
18gn: .001 kg
1: .001 kg
24gn: .001 kg
5: .005 kg
10: .01 kg
20: .02 kg
50: .05 kg
100g: .1 kg
200g: .2 kg
500 g: .5 kg
12gn:
1gn:
2:
2gn:
3gn:
type:
french metric livre weight
credit:
Board of Trade (Castlereagh Collection)