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Box of weights

Box of weights

Ref No: AMS – 2017.013.2-7

Set of standardised weights for the County of Banff, dated 1707, made by John Snart.

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Set of standardised weights for the County of Banff; 56lb avoir; 28lb avoir; 14lb avoir; 7lb avoir; 4lb avoir; 2lb avoir. Dated 1707, all weights proofed. Linlithgow weights, gifted to Banff as part of the standardisation of weights after the Act of Union. Marked 'D.L.K.' showing they were issued in Lanark. Made by John Snart, Founder, of London. Snart was a prominent member of the London Blacksmiths' Company.