Accession No

1886.52.5


Description

Standard Avoirdupois bell weight (4 lbs) with loop handle. Marked 'IIII li' and inscribed 'ANo DO 15 [crown] EL 88 REG XXX'.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Cambridge University; Old Schools


Period

Post Medieval 16th century


Source

Cambridge University [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1886.52.5; MAA: AR 1886.52


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Acquisition Details)
Accession Register for 1886.52 notes: 'Transferred from the Registry in 1885.'
Event Date 1885
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1886.52[.1-15]: 'A set of thirteen weights and two cubic measurements (reign of Queen Elizabeth)'.
Event Date 1886
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. 28, no. 18
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
R.T. Gunther (1937): '[One] of 6 Standard Avoirdupois Bell Weights... IIII li... Inscribed ANo DO 15 [crown] EL 88 REG XXX.'
Event Date 1937
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Other)
Possibly part of the loan sent to the Science Museum in 1946.
Event Date 1946
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Standard Avoirdupois bell weight (4 lbs) with loop handle. Marked 'IIII li' and inscribed 'ANo DO 15 [crown] EL 88 REG XXX'.
Event Date 16/2/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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