Accession No

0586

Brief Description

scales, 19th C

Origin

Maker

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

box length 173mm; breadth 82mm; height 22mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from T.H. Court on 01/03/1930. (T.H. Court thought they were American according to accession register.)

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass beam, swan’s neck ends. Steel knife edge with index over sits in notches on brass vertical with screw thread into supporting rod. Two circular brass pans with suspension cords and hooks. Fitted wooden box with hinged brass lid over slots for weights; 2 apothecary’s weights and 5 fractional weights extant. Box lined with red velvet; covered with decorated embossed paper. Hole in box for mounting support rod for balance.

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