Nested Weights (Troy)
name: label: maker
content: DeGrave and Company
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from Department of Interior Bureau of Education
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.261314
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content: 261314
label: accession number
content: 51116
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Nested Weights (Troy)
label: Object Type
content: Weights
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content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 in; 5.715 cm x 7.62 cm