Accession No

0024

Brief Description

money scales and weights, by F. De Batist, 1766

Origin

Maker

De Batist, F.

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1766

Latest Date

1766

Inscription Date

1766

Material

metal (brass); wood; rope (cord); paper

Dimensions

box length 196mm; breadth 105mm; thickness 29mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Antwerp in 03/1922.

Inscription

‘Fr. De Batist gesworen
ÿker van haere Maiestÿt
Munten en Balancen.’ (paper label in lid)
‘Dese gout gewichten moeten
gewegen worden wel 2 haesen
Voor de remedie het ducat maeriaes.
Een Valsche Schael is
eenen Grouwel bÿ godt
een oprecht gewicht is sÿn gebot.’ (paper label in lid)
‘1766’ (paper label in lid)

Description Notes

Brass beam and fittings; swan’s neck beam ends; self-locating steel knife edge and ring bearing. Brass index with pierced base; brass gallows with ring bearing with suspension ring and tassel. One circular brass pan stamped ‘D’. One triangular brass pan stamped ‘B’. Both suspended on green cords.
Fitted wooden box with slots for 24 weights all stamped with symbol for denomination and maker’s mark. Slot for fractional weights (lid and weights missing). Hook fastenings.
Paper label on lid with symbols for all the weights showing their position in box.
(For symbol on weights see catalogue card)

Condition: good/fair; incomplete (fractional weights missing; part from beneath gallows missing??; 25-1-2000).

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