Nested Weights (Troy)
Nested Weights (Troy)
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- Description
- Set of ten brass nested Troy weights with “DE GRAVE & CO. / LONDON” inscribed inside the bottom of the largest one. Charles De Grave began making weights and balances in London around 1767. Following his death in 1793, his widow Mary continued the business; their son later joined the firm. This set came to the Smithsonian in 1910.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Nested Weights (Troy)
- Object Type
- Weights
- maker
- DeGrave and Company
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey
- Measurements
- weight 5:;
- weight 6:;
- weight 1:;
- weight 4:;
- weight 2:;
- weight 3:;
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 in; 5.715 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- CH.261314
- catalog number
- 261314
- accession number
- 51116
- Credit Line
- Transfer from Department of Interior Bureau of Education
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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