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 (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 WM91.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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
Event Date 1860
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Dent, H.C. (1927). Old English Bronze Wool-Weights. Norwich: H. W. Hunt. pp. 13-14
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 in 1946.
Event Date 1946
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Shield-shaped wool weight (7 lbs). Cast with raised central shield, upon which is incorrectly engraved with the coat of arms of Henry VII: the upper left and lower right quarters with three lions, the upper right and lower left with fleur de lys. The pointed base has a square perforation. The reverse is slightly concave.
Event Date 16/2/2025
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)