{"product_id":"antique-french-brass-weights-set-in-wooden-block","title":"Antique French Brass Weights Set in Wooden Block","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA set of antique French brass weights, long at home at Chanteduc, Patricia and Walter Wells's farmhouse and cooking school in Vaison-la-Romaine. Cast in graduated sizes, each weight is bell-shaped with a turned knob handle — the kind of precision tools that once sat on the counter of a charcutier or épicier, ensuring an honest measure at market. They are housed in a fitted wooden block, a dark, well-worn timber case with individual recessed sockets that hold each weight snugly in place, with several smaller weights sitting loose alongside. The brass has deepened over time to a rich, burnished gold-brown, and the wooden case carries the honest patina of age and use.\n\nAt Chanteduc, the set has lived a rather more relaxed life. Patricia explains with a laugh, \"I actually used the bigger ones as a doorstop!\" \n\nA set like this works beautifully displayed on a kitchen shelf, a butcher's block or a study desk — grouped together or arranged by size along a windowsill. \n\nNote: some of the smaller weights are missing.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight wear.\u003cbr\u003eBlock measures: 4¾\" high x 9½\" long x 3½\" wide  \u003cbr\u003eBlock measures: 12cm high x 24cm long x 9cm wide \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chez Pluie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54310838075730,"sku":"25460","price":644.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1166\/6698\/files\/DSC04671_bb727b44-aeda-4b60-9446-5b93fa8eba3f.jpg?v=1787306041","url":"https:\/\/www.chezpluie.com\/products\/antique-french-brass-weights-set-in-wooden-block","provider":"Chez Pluie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}