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Record ID: WILT-3108AE
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy Modern apothecary weight dating to c AD1750-1850. The weight is almost square (13.8mm x 14.2mm) with a thickness of 4.6mm , On one face only is stamped a number '2' with the word 'Dram' (in curvilinear script) below. The other face is blank. The weight is 6.43 grams.
Similar weights recorded on the PAS database are PUBLIC-9F6071 and NLM-7D5D32.
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
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Record ID: LIN-208013
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A brass, die-struck, 2 scruples apothecaries weight, made in 1847.
Obverse: A Crown surrounded by lettering "REGISTER MARCH 1[6] 1847″ & this surrounded by "APOTHECARIES WEIGHT * W & T A".
Reverse: Apothecary Symbol in Centre with Unit in Words 'Two' above, and below TWO SCRUPLES
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2016
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Record ID: IOW-15BFA7
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Modern cast copper-alloy apothecary weight of probable 19th century date.
This square double-sided weight has similar stamped symbols on each side signifying that its denomination is 2-scruples. It is one of a set of six weights.
10.6 x 10.6 x 2.4mm. Weight: 2.33g. (36.2 grains). DA=12:6.
This weight is pale reddish brown and has tiny flecks of a dark green patina, particularly on the sides.
A full set of these weights ranging from 2 drachms to a 1/2 scruple has been published and illustrated (Biggs 1994: 11. ref: 1110).
Created on: Thursday 28th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NLM-75F495
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy
Weight. Cast flat rectangular weight with a symbol stamped on both its sides. The weight perhaps represents one eighth of an averdepois ounce, and perhaps comes from a chemist's set. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900.
Length: 13.4mm, Width: 12.7mm, Thickness: 3.13mm, Weight: 3.71gms.
Created on: Tuesday 14th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Middle Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: WILT-69CE62
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern copper alloy apothecary weight measuring c.15mm (3mm in thickness) and weighing 7.32g (113.0gn). The weight is square and worn in places. This is a brass weight for 2 drachms. It bears the 'traditional' symbol for the drachm number which was used on this form of weight from the 17th to the 20th century.
Date: c.AD 18th century.
Created on: Monday 31st January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-EF19C7
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A brass, die-struck, octagonal apothecaries' weight for the value of two scruples dating from 1850 - 1971 AD. The weight is 17.96mm long, 15.31mm wide and 1.15mm thick. It weighs 1.74g. this is rather lighter than it should be, but corrosion has probably caused the object to lose some of its mass.
The weight is rectangular with the corners cut off in plan. It has a beaded border and on the obverse it reads "STANDARD" across the top. In the middle is a lion standing on a crown with a diamond shaped design registration mark on each side. These marks are like copyright marks and the d…
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-45EE63
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy apothecaries' weight dating from the Post Medieval period. It is a sub-square shape in plan, and flat and is marked with five annulets on each side as a mark of value, and also has an illegible maker's mark or owner's initials. It measures 14.73mm by 14.65mm and is 4.17mm thick, it weighs 6.30g. It was probably a weight for measuring 5 scruples, which would be 6.5g, which allowing for some corrosion is a fairly close fit. Similar weights for grains can be seen in Biggs' Apothecaries Weights and a similar example on the database is ESS-5716A1. The weight probably dates f…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-CE0AA4
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy apothecaries' weight which is sub-square in plan, measuring 10.7mm long, 9.7mm wide and 3.6mm thick. One face is marked with the "traditional" symbol for two scruples and on the other face is the numeral "2" above "Scrupl" written engraved in a script like font. The weight weighs 2.47g which is slightly under the correct weight for two scruples which should be 2.6g. The weight probably dates from the nineteenth century which is when lettering started to be used in addition to the symbols. The weight is dark brown in colour with and is in good condition. Diagonal file ma…
Created on: Friday 30th March 2007
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
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