Accession No

0288

Brief Description

money scales and weights, French, 1810

Origin

France

Maker

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1810

Latest Date

1810

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

box length 165mm; breadth 52mm; thickness 17mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘TABLE des Monnaies d’or et d’argent qui ont cours dans les differens[?] Etats de
l’Europe, avec la designation de leur poids’ (label in lid of box)

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; double-O beam ends; self-locating knife edge and ring bearing. Index over; gallows with ring bearing. Two circular brass pans with suspension cords. Fitted wooden box with rounded ends. Fitted nest of weights, 4 extant cups for 4, 2, 1 (stamped on edges), and 1/2 gros (one missing). Slot with sliding lid for fractional weights; 4 extant; all stamped with denomination.
Label on box lid giving value of various European coins. Box with hook fastenings.

Condition: fair (rusty); incomplete (weight missing).

References

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