Description:
Eight cylindrical brass weights with button-shaped knobs on top, stamped from 1 to 50 grams. Six small, flat aluminum weights, stamped from 1 to 200 milligrams. Also contains a rectangular glass bar, which is positioned over the collection of flat weights.
The case is a wooden, flat, rectangular box with hinges and a hook closure. Inside of the lid is covered with dark felt. A removable wooden holder inside the box has carved wells to hold the weights and glass bar.
Inside, the wooden box has two inscriptions stamped on the inner lip of the box, "MADE FOR CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC CO." on the back edge and "VOLAND & SONS NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y." on the front edge. There are also three handwritten inscriptions, "74," "36," and "X" written on the inside side and bottom of the box.