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- OBJECT TYPE
- APOTHECARY/NESTED CUP/OPEN
- DATE
- 1921
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0100.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 18
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 5.6 cm
- Height
- 3.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Mass/weight
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
SAMPLE OF NESTED CUP WEIGTHS USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO BALANCE SMALL QUANTITIES ON A BALANCE SCALE TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT. COULD HAVE BEEN USED AS APOTHECARY WEIGHTS, OR AS TOLERANCE WEIGHTS TO DETERMINE THE TOLERANCE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE WHEN CHECKING THE MASS OF HEAVIER WEIGHTS OR THE TOLERANCE ACCEPTABLE FOR LARGER BALANCES. - Technical
-
NESTED CUP-WEIGHTS WERE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE A SMALL COMPACT OBJECT FOR TRAVELLING TRADERS. AS EACH SMALLER WEIGHT COULD BE MADE SO THAT IT FITTED ACCURATELY INTO THE LARGER ONE, IT AVOIDED A GREAT DEAL OF UNWANTED WEAR AND TEAR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON RIM OF CUPS:.1 '8/ OZ/ 18'/.2 '4/ OZ/ 18'/.3 '2/ OZ/ 18'/.4 '1/ OZ/ 18'/.5 -.7 NO MARKINGS/.8 '2'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- LACQUERED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Weight, before 1921, Artifact no. 1997.0100, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0100.001/
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