Accession No

0362

Brief Description

folding coin balance, by Jecker, French, 1800 (c)

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Jecker

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); wood (mahogany); paper

Dimensions

box length 159mm; breadth 28mm; thickness 17mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Antique Art Galleries, Grafton Street, on 03/08/1927.

Inscription

‘Jecker AParis’ (beam)

Description Notes

Unequal arm with weight type. Mahogany box; brass scales. Beam graduated 1 - [4.5] , numbered by 1, subdivided to 12 where each division equals 6 grains or 1 French franc. Doubled on opposite side. Sliding weight with spring clip. Steel knife edge bearing. ‘U’ shaped hanger with upward curved coin plate, facing out from box lid. Single piece column; thin link; single piece rest. Hinged to base plate in box. Erected manually. Mahogany box with hook fastening. Instruction label with weights for 25 European coins pasted inside lid: ‘Table des Monnoies d’Or qui ont cours dans les differents Etats de l’Europe, avec la désignation de leur Poids’; ‘La premiere division indique les gros qui valent chacun 72 grains’; ‘Monnoies d’Or d’Allemagne’.

Condition: good; complete.

References

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