^Lot 540 Small brass nested weight set consisting of six cups and case.

Small brass nested weight set consisting of six cups and case. 407 grams total. 2" diameter at top, 1½" tall. The outer container encrusted with a blue-green patina and partially corroded, while the six nested cup weights inside intact and removable. Sets like this are not uncommon but are popular now as period artifacts, on occasion found on shipwrecks, as is the case here (wreck unknown).