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Title:
Weight
Object name(s):
weight
Brief description:
brass 2x 1 lb, 2lb and 4lb WEIGHT.
Collection:
Culture Perth & Kinross
Acquisition date:
29/02/2000
Acquisition method:
transfer
Associated concept:
Social History
Associated concept:
weights and measures
Associated concept:
adjusting traders' scales
Associated date:
Date - earliest / single:
1950
Date - period:
Modern
Associated person:
Perth and Kinross County Council (users)
Associated place:
Perths
Associated place:
Kinross
Associated place:
Perth
Content - other type:
community life
Content - other type:
regulation and control
Content - other type:
local government
Content - other type:
consumer protection
Content - other type:
weights and measures
Dimension:
height
Dimension:
width
Material:
metal
Material:
brass
Object history note:
used by Perth and Kinross County Council in the 1950s to adjust
Object history note:
local traders' scales. Lead pieces (2000.417.5) in the set were
Object history note:
used to adjust scales.
Object name:
weight
Object number:
2000.417.1-4
Responsible department/section:
Social History
Responsible department/section:
PERGM

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/388f2e27-7aa8-3200-a79d-ca97aa23da70

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/388f2e27-7aa8-3200-a79d-ca97aa23da70, Culture Perth & Kinross, CC BY-NC

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