Context (Auction / Sale)
Accession Register: 'Purchased 7/6 (E.M.)'. It's possible that 'E.M.' stands for Edward Morley, who sold many items to the museum in the late 1890s. However, the next two accessions after this (1895.21 and 1895.22) were definitely bought from Morley and recorded as 'B[ought] Morley' in the Accession Register; if 1895.20 was also purchased from Morley, it's not clear why it was recorded differently. He has therefore been tentatively added to the Source field.
Event Date 1895
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Annual Report: 'A nest of 11 bronze weights (cup in cup) of an aggregate weight of 16 lbs. (3 smallest weights missing).'
Event Date 1895
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'A nest of 11 bronze weights, 1/2 drams[?] to 8 lbs, of an aggregate weight of 16 lbs (3 smallest weights missing).'
Event Date 1895
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
The Accession Register and the Annual Report are conflicted regarding where this object was from: the Accession Register records 'Cambridge', the Annual Report 'Mildenhall, Suffolk'. It is possible one refers to where the weight as purchased, but both have been tentatively included in the Place field pending further research.
Event Date 16/2/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)