1981.0175
H. 29.8 D. base 18.4 H. handle 8.4 L. 14.5 T. 3.5
Weight. Bronze 56 lb. Official Limerick Corporation weight. Bell shaped, with trapezoidal rectangular sectioned handle on top. Inscribed 56lb Avoir on top of handle. Inscribed: Mayor and Corporation / of the / Borough of Limerick above base. Date 1845 on body below top. Rt. Wl. W. J. Geary M.D. Mayor above base on opposite side. Chequerboard pattern of 5 squares per side on top to one side of handle; VR crowned and castle? crowned on opposite side of top. One face of handle inscribed: De Grave & Fanner, London. Lead plug in base seal-impressed with VR, harp crowned between, 905 below.