Object number
66/135/1-8
Description
Set of baker's weights, consisting of 1lb, 8oz, 4oz, 2oz, 1oz, ½oz. From the baker's shop at Sonning Common.
This is a set of baker's weight, consisting of 1lb, 8oz, 4oz, 2oz, 1oz, ½oz. These weights were used with scales 66/134, which came from the baker's shop at Sonning Common.
Physical description
8 Weights: metal
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Accession’ (Institute of Agricultural History) - ‘WEIGHTS // TRADES + PROFESSIONS Baker // Gift C. Kew, Baker, Sonning Common, Oxfordshire, January 1966 // Description: 1x 2lb AVERY WEIGHT- Black, 6 brass weights: 1lb, 8oz, 4oz, 2oz, 1oz, ½oz, 1 brass weight: no actual marked. // Dimensions: Diameter: 2cm-9cm // Associated information: These weights came with scales 66/134 from the Bakers shop at Sonning Common.[pencil drawing].
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_8770.tif - High resolution image
