Antique Russian Empire Brass Scale Weight 3 Zolotnika M

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Antique Russian Empire Brass Scale Weight 3 Zolotnika
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Diameter 23 mm)
Nested weights of Russia "Russian pound"
Zolotnik was 1/96 of a pound, in modern terms 4.27 g. The name of zolotnik probably comes from the "zolotnik" - a golden coin that was in circulation in Kievan Rus, and later - a very long time zolotnik was used as a measure of weight. Zolotnik was often used in jewelry and pharmaceuticals, as well as in culinary.
In the XYII - early XIX centuries resembled similar weights in Europe and consisted of weight - cups.
Russian weights of this type differ from European ones in a greater depth of weight cups and a steeper slope of the walls.The weight denomination  was indicated by dots printed on the bottom of the cup from the outside. On European weights, the face value was applied to the bottom of the cup from the inside with Arabic numerals, or on the weight's rim. For convenience of counting, the dots were grouped by 3 or 6. Less often, ringlets or asterisks were used instead of dots.Transition from weight-cups to flat weights with a circular rims and from dots to numerals took place gradually, therefore, there are weights "PPP" of the second half of the 40s and even the beginning of the 50s of the 19th century, both the "new" and the "old" form, and even the new form with the old mass nomination (dots).
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