Accession No

1165

Brief Description

money scales and weights, by Johann Philipp Herbertz, German, 1756

Origin

Germany; Sohlingen

Maker

Herbertz, Johann Philipp

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1756

Latest Date

1756

Inscription Date

1756

Material

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

Dimensions

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, University of Cambridge (now Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) in 1953.

Inscription

‘Fabricirt
JOH PHILIPP HERBERTZ
in Sohlingen 1756’ (label in lid)
‘1 . 5. 7. 6’ (lid for fractional weights)

[On paper label:]
The Curator
AR, 1913, 394

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; swan’s neck beam ends; self-locating knife edge and ring bearing; index pointer above with decoratively pierced base; gallows with ring bearing to brass loop and tassel. Two circular brass pans with suspension cords.
Wooden box with slots for 22 weights (all present) each with small turned handle and hinged brass lid over slot for fractional weights (missing). Each weight stamped with denomination of coin.
Paper label in lid carries verse from Proverbs.
Plain box with hook fastenings.

Condition good; incomplete (fractional weights missing).

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