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Post-Medieval : Apothecary weight
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York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2019-09-11 10:36:20
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Post-Medieval : Apothecary weight
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English: An incomplete copper-alloy apothecaries' weight of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1618 - 1970. The weight is square in plan and rectangular in section. Both sides bear traces of engraving, presumably a traditional symbol for the appropriate apothecary's unit of measure. The symbol cannot be adequately determined.

The metal has a dark reddish-brown patina and is worn. The weight is 16.3mm long, 14.1mm wide, 4.5mm thick and weighs 6.1g.

Biggs (1994, p.9) discuses such weights stating that apothecaries broke away from the Grocers Company in 1617 and were granted a Royal Charter. They subsequently used a weight system which was based on the traditional sub-divisions but using the English Troy ounce which was 31.1g (8 drachms) according to the standards set in 1588.

Ref: Biggs, N. (1994) Apocatheries Weights. Llanfyllin: Galata Print.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 1618 and 1970
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1618-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1970-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 967496
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1072038
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1072038/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/967496
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Object location54° 00′ 37.44″ N, 1° 27′ 54.36″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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