Accession No

0077

Brief Description

sovereign balance, by Stubbs, English, 1820 (c)

Origin

England; London

Maker

Stubbs, P.

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1820

Latest Date

1820

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); wood; cloth (silk)

Dimensions

box length 132mm; breadth 46mm; thickness 32mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from J. Whitaker, Cambridge, in 11/1922.

Inscription

‘P. STUBBS
LONDON’

Description Notes

Brass base plate with rounded corners. Central steel standard; steel beam with self-locating knife edge and ring bearing; sliding brass weight - 2 positions (sovereign and 1/2 sovereign). Box beam end with hook and crescent shaped coin plate. Brass plate below beam on hinged standard with steel spring clip: clamps beam in place when not in use. Pivoted brass coin gauge for both coins. Hinged wooden case with hook fastenings, lined with pink silk.

Condition: good/fair; complete.

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