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Sun February 15, 2004 19:52
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Hi jkxs,
Thanks for posting what you have found. This weight and the other (which I will discuss next) is a trade weight; you may find it is for the quarter ounce, about 7 grams, or the half.
At any rate it is older than 1826 when a new Weights and Measures regime began under George IV, establishing "Imperial Standards".
What we see on your weight are: The arms of London with the dagger in the first quarter, another London mark, the sword, and the ewer (also known as laverpot or coffee pot) of the Founders Company who had the exclusive right to stamp weights made of "brass" dating back to 1588.
Having said that, I think the weight is 19th century, perhaps a bit older. With the smaller weights not all marks were struck up, such as a G designating for experts which George (I,II,III or IV) was involved.
One more thing: The ewer's spout normally points to the left. We know of fake marks, but this would be very clumsy as no inspector would have been fooled by this.
Lit.: Norman Biggs, English Weights, An illustrated Survey, Llanfyllin 1992
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Fri March 12, 2004 20:09
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Its great to have an expert with us coinwate..... thanks for the conribution 
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