- Title:
- cardboard box for lead weights
- Object name(s):
- box
- Brief description:
- cardboard BOX. Contents: LEAD WEIGHTS
- 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:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 50
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 50
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- lead
- Material:
- cardboard
- 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:
- box
- Object number:
- 2000.417.5
- Responsible department/section:
- Social History
- Responsible department/section:
- PERGM
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a494ae28-bd96-3c47-bc8b-bc2be0a49d46
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a494ae28-bd96-3c47-bc8b-bc2be0a49d46, Culture Perth & Kinross, CC BY-NC
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