A late 18th-Century set of brass sovereign weights,
A late 18th-Century set of brass sovereign weights,

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A late 18th-Century set of brass sovereign weights,
with tweezers, in a fitted oak drawer with printed labels for each fitted space and a brass pull, in an oak and mahogany case with inlaid top and gilt edging and inlaid ivory plaque -- 10¼in. (26cm.) wide; a 19th-Century set of cylindrical lacquered-brass and flat white metal weights, with brass ivory-tipped tweezers, in mahogany case -- 47/8in. (12.4cm.) wide; a 19th-Century steel beam balance, with brass pans and eight brass gramme weights, in fitted mahogany case -- 7in. (17.8cm.) wide; and a mahogany cased set of eight (of 21) brass weights, the case -- 6in. (15.3cm.) wide

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PLease note that the illustration labelled 191 in the catalogue in fact depicts Lot 200.

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