Accession No

0879

Brief Description

steelyard for gold coins, by Benjamin Martin, English, 1773-1782

Origin

England; London

Maker

Martin, Benjamin

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1773

Latest Date

1782

Inscription Date

Material

ivory; metal (silver, steel); wood; fishskin (rayskin)

Dimensions

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from T.H. Court, Harrow, England, on 13/06/1938.

Inscription

‘* Martin. Fecit. No. 4651*’ (verso)

Description Notes

Ivory beam graduated [3s 6d] - 21s subdivided to 3d, and on verso [22] - 36/- by 6d. Engraved silver end-piece with two suspension points (for guinea and moidore). Screw adjustment weight. Engraved silver slide. Blued steel arm for hanging pincers (incomplete). Coin pincers missing. Wooden slip case covered with rayskin; clip fastening.

Condition good; incomplete (pincers missing)

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