Context (Analysis)
Sampled by R. Brownsword, E.E.H. Pitt and D.R. Hook, Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic for analysis at an unknown date (post-1981). See Doc.59 for report, Coventry Reference number WM92.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1883.821 A-B: 'Pair of woolweights (7lb each); Royal Initials; Royal Arms of Henry VII.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Auction / Sale)
According to the Archaeological Journal, 1883.821 A-B were 'obtained at Cambridge, in 1856, from a dealer in old metal' (1860, p. 164).
Event Date 1856
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
(1860). 'Antiquities and Works of Art Exhibited'. Archaeological Journal, vol. 17. pp. 164-166 (illustrated)
Event Date 1860
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Exhibited by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society at the 2 March 1860 Meeting of the Archaeological Institute.
Event Date 2/3/1860
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Dent, H.C. (1927). Old English Bronze Wool-Weights. Norwich: H. W. Hunt. pp. 13-14, Pl. 2
Event Date 1927
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
There is a photograph of this object on display in the Loan Exhibition of Historic Apparatus in Cambridge, held in the East Room of the Old Schools in June 1936, in Gunther's 1937 publication.
Event Date 6/1936
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Gunther, R.T. (1937). Early Science in Cambridge. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 27 (illustrated)
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other)
Sent on loan to the Science Museum on 16 March 1939.
Event Date 16/3/1939
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Archaeology Gallery, case 52, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Shield-shaped wool weight (7 lbs). Cast with raised central shield, upon which is engraved with the coat of arms of Henry VII: the upper left and lower right quarters with three fleur de lys, the upper right and lower left with three lions. Around the margins on the obverse the initial 'H' ensigned with a crown is stamped three times; the pointed base has a rectangular perforation. The reverse has a circular depression, possibly created by a lathe.
Event Date 16/2/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)