Item 1364a: Assay weights, before 1952 / L. Oertling, manufacturer
Item 1364a: Assay weights, before 1952 / L. Oertling, manufacturer
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before 1952
Call Numbers
SAFE/DR 193
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assaying equipment - 6.3 cm diameter x 1.5 cm - platinum[?] weights in ivory box
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DN/M 1364a (located at call no. SAFE/DR 193)
Circular box with screw on lid. Printing on lid reads: 'Assay Weights L. Oertling, London'. Base of box bears the number '16789'. Lid of box unable to be unscrewed.
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Full title
Item 1364a: Assay weights, before 1952 / L. Oertling, manufacturer
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General note
Britain. Miscellaneous.
Assay Weights. Ivory box, platinum weights.
DN/M 1364a; Condition Very Fine; Ivory box, round with screw on lid, diameter 64mm, recesses for eight weights, on lid, Assay Weights, L Oertling, London, on base, 16789; Weights, 1000, 500, 250, 83.33 [Three Specimens], five wire riders. DR 193.
Date note
Dated from the year of Sir William Dixson's death
Description source
Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/DR 193
Record Identifier
nZNvoA6n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvoA6n
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Reference code
890639
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