Accession No

0293

Brief Description

money scales and weights, French, c.1800

Origin

France

Maker

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

box length 180mm; breadth 55mm; thickness 19mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘TABLE des Monnaies d’or et d’argent qui on course dans les differens
Etats de l’Europe, avec la designation de leurs poids.’ (label in lid)

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; double-O beam ends, self-locating knife edge and ring bearings; index broken in half; gallows with ring bearing and ring. (All rusted badly). Two circular brass pans with suspension cords.
Fitted wooden box with rounded ends; box fitted for nest of weights (missing) and slot with lid for fractional weights - 8 extant (9 extant; 26-1-2000), all stamped with denomination. Paper label in lid with values of various European coins. Hook fastenings (broken; 26-1-2000).

Condition: fair; incomplete (weights missing).

References

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