Goldsmiths' weights


Cologne 17th to 18th century Wood, brass box length 22.7 cm, width 11.2 cm, height 3.8 cm The wooden box with a lid holds 10 weights (six of them are missing) for measuring the weight of European gold and silver coins, a set of weights for inlaying and a straight-beam balance. The weights were taken from the Cologne goldsmiths' system. In a recess of the box small weights and beads used as makeweights are situated. These weights belong to the decimal measuring system and are not a part of this set. Eight brass weights shaped as a truncated cone, of different shapes, weights and markings were used for weighing silver coins. Donated in 1960 by Eugen Kumicic from Zagreb. M. Skiljan, Stare mjere, Zagreb, 1975, catalogue number 65.




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