Accession No

0361

Brief Description

money scales and weights, 18th C

Origin

Maker

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

box length 149mm; breadth 73mm; height 27mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

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

Inscription

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; swan’s neck bearings; self-locating knife edge and ring bearing; fixed index with pearl-like bead at top; gallows with ring bearing and brass hook (no tassel). Two circular brass pans on suspension cords (two broken; 11-2-2000).
Fitted oak box with slots for nine weights, all extant (slots for weights are partially filled with paper; 11-2-2000); slot for fractional weights with sliding lid, containing 7 weights. All weights except one stamped with maker’s mark (see catalogue card for depiction).
Plain box with single hook fastening.

Condition: fair; complete.

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