Accession No

0213

Brief Description

money scales and weights, French, c.1825

Origin

France

Maker

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1818

Latest Date

1825

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

box length 173mm; breadth 90mm; thickness 23mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Brussels on 31/03/1925 for 6d.

Inscription

‘POIDS DES MONNOIES’ (label in lid)

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; double-‘O’ beam ends; self-locating steel knife edge and ring bearings, with index above; gallows with ring bearing and suspension ring (tassel missing). Two circular brass pans with suspension cords.
Fitted wooden box with slots for 13 weights all stamped with denomination (2 missing). Slot for fractional weights (lid and weights missing). All weights stamped verso with star (?most stuck in their slots; 25-1-2000).
Paper label in lid with value of European gold coins including the sovereign.
Plain box; hook fastenings.

Condition: fair; incomplete (weights missing).

References

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