Accession No

0725

Brief Description

money scales, by Henry Oxly, English, 1780 (c)

Origin

England; London; 230 Upper Thames Street

Maker

Oxly, Henry

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1780

Latest Date

1780

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

box length 145mm; breadth 66mm; thickness 26mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from the executors of C.H. Cribb, Holborn, England, in 05/1933.

Inscription

‘All Sorts of
Scales Weights & Steelyards
Made by
Henry Oxly
(No 230)
Upper Thames Street,
LONDON’ (label in lid)
‘19.VII C [?]’ (longhand in lid)

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; swan’s neck ends; self-locating steel knife edge and ring bearing. Index above; gallows with ring bearing, hook and tassel. Two circular brass pans with cords.
Fitted wooden box with slots for weights (none extant). Lined with paper. Paper label in lid giving table of weights for ‘Portugal Piece’, ‘Moidore’ and ‘Guinea’. Box decorated with pair of hearts, each inscribed concentrically 5 times.

Condition: good; incomplete (weights missing).

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