Ask a Curator: Victorian Brass Weight

This week's Ask a Curator object doesn't have a definitive answer, but it's a great example of the process behind cataloging an object. When we came across this artifact, we had a little help. It had already been conserved and attached to it was a note identifying it as a brass weight. But that was…

National Museum of American History

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National Museum of American History

Part set/nest of brass weights - troy 8oz,4oz,2oz,1oz (partly marked) + Victorian 4 dram and Avery ½ oz.All in aged condition - as illustrated.

Collection Brass Weights - Part Set/Nest + Avery ½oz & Victorian 4 Dram

Antique Victorian Letter and Postal Scales with Weights, 1860, Set of 9

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