Accession No

1107

Brief Description

money scales and weights, by Richard Wood, English, 1790 (c)

Origin

England; London; Cheapside; 15 Queen Street

Maker

Wood, Richard

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1790

Latest Date

1790

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, brass); wood; cloth (velvet, silk); fishskin (shagreen); paper; rope (cord)

Dimensions

box length 174mm; breadth 81mm; height 25mm

Special Collection

Cavendish collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, from 10/1951. From the Wollaston Collection from 1876.

Inscription

‘Richd Wood
(late Goulding)
at the Angel and Scales
No. 15
in Queen Street Cheapside
London
Makes and Sells all Sorts of
Scales, Weights and Stilliards
for Exportation;or home Use,
at the Lowest Prices.’ (label in lid)

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; box beam-ends with finial; self-locating steel knife edge and ring bearing. Index above; steel gallows with ring bearing and double aperture below. Suspension ring and tassel. Two circular brass pans with engraved concentric circles; suspension cords bound at hook with gold thread.
Wooden case with green velvet and silk lining and covered with black shagreen. Paper label under lid. Circular slots for two cylindrical weights with turned handles stamped with denominations - 2dwt. 16gr. and 5dwt. 8gr. Slot with hinged lid and tassel for fractional weights (none extant). (One square weight in slot; stamped ‘D G 2 16’; 25-1-2000).

Condition: fair; incomplete (fractional weights missing).

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