General Information

Serial #

19908 (.1)

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FRENCH IVORY CASES AND LIDS/ ALUMINUM WEIGHTS/ ALUMINUM AND GERMAN SILVER WEIGHTS (NB: NICKEL OR GERMAN SILVER IS AN ALLOY OF COPPER, NICKEL & ZINC; IT CONTAINS NO SILVER)

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

6.2 cm

Height

1.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Mass/weight

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

OERTLING

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

FROM THE 1912 TO THE 1960'S

Canada

USED BY THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE "TRIAL OF THE PYX" WHO ANALYZED THE SILVER CONTENT OF SILVER DOLLARS AT THE CANADIAN MINT ONCE A YEAR TO DETERMINE THAT A MINIMUM WEIGHT HADBEEN MAINTAINED. [SEE PHOTOS IN S.I. FOR 970094]/ USED WITH BALANCES 970130 & 970131 FOR THE "TRIAL".

Function

USED TO BALANCE SMALL QUANTITIES ON A BALANCE SCALE TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT.

Technical

ASSAY WEIGHTS ARE USED IN ASSAY BALANCES TO DETERMINE THE PRECISE WEIGHT OF PRECIOUS METALS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 ON LID: 'Assay Weights/ 1000 = 10 Grains/ L. Oertling, London'/ HANDWRITTEN ON PAPER INSIDE: 'THE/ WEIGHTS/ AND RIDERS/ UNDER THIS PAPER/ ARE NOT/ VERIFIED'/ ON BOTTOM: '19908'/ NO MARKINGS ON WEIGHTS/.2 ON LID: 'Grain/ Assay Weights/ L. Oertling, London'/ HANDWRITTEN ON LID TOP: '10.10.9.9. Grains'/ ON lid INSIDE: 'English/ Board of Trade/ Verifications in Vacuo/ Dec. 1912/ 10 Grains.../ EOW'/ INSIDE: '9-.0009 grain 9-.0007 grain 10-.0009[?] [?]/ in/ Vacuo.'/ STAMPED ON WEIGHTS: '[CROWN]/ GR/ 10/ GRN:/ 1912/ [portcullis]' (ON TWO)/ '[CROWN]/ GR/ 9/ GRN:/ 1912/ [portcullis]'/ 'GRN/ 9.00'/ ON BOTTOM: '20576/ Ref. 102316'*/ .3 & .4 SAME ON LID: 'GRAINS/ 9.00'/ ON WEIGHTS: 'GRN/ 9.00' (.3) '[?]/ 9/ GRN:/ [?]' (.4)

Missing

FROM .2: TWO 0.1 GRAIN WEIGHTS; ONE 9 GRAIN WEIGHT AS PER HANDWRITTEN LIST ON INSIDE OF LID. IT APPEARS THAT ONE OF THE 9 GRN WEIGHTS IS A REPLACEMENT

Finish

.1 CASE & LID BONE COLOUR WITH BLACK PRINTING/.2-.4 CASES & LIDS WHITE WITH BLACK PRINTING/ WEIGHTS SHINY METAL

Decoration

N/A