Kitchen weight
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cast Iron
Measurements
65 x 120 x 80 mm
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Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 638730.2
Summary
One of two cast iron kitchen weights of battered rectangular form and a chamfered top edge, with a ‘U’ shaped scoop taken out of the centre of the top of the weight and the two remaining sides united by a bar lifting handle. On the top face of one of the sides of the weight, ‘7 lb’ is cast.
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.
Marks and inscriptions
On top of face: cast, ‘7 lb’