Checker Case-checker Moving Weights And Measures

Containing: - a brass gauge, graduated for liquids and grains - a steel flail with offset knives for scales - a steel goat - a pile and a hammer - a double decimeter boxwood. It is obviously missing a box of standard weights, a set of letter-dates and perhaps other accessories. On the gauge: PARENT punch. On the double decimetre: KUTSCH punch. The decimal metric system was established by decree of August 1, 1793, but only put into service in July 1801 and made compulsory on January 1, 1840. Public weighers, measurers and measurers, sworn, officiated at home or on the markets. The audit was renewed each year and subject to a fee. Length: 70 cm. Width: 20.5 cm. Thickness: 6.5cm. 19th century. Pretty good condition, incomplete box, in its patina of abandonment. Free shipping by COLISSIMO for metropolitan France.