Accession No

0079

Brief Description

rocker sovereign balance, English, c.1828

Origin

England

Maker

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1828

Latest Date

1828

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); wood; paper (cardboard and one other); hide (leather)

Dimensions

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from J. Whitaker, Cambridge, in 11/1922.

Inscription

‘BUSH’D.
WARRANTED’ (balance)
‘IMPROVED SOVEREIGN BALANCE
To Weight and Guage Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns
WARRANTED CORRECT
Being so exact that no counterfeit can possibly go through
the Guage at sufficient weight to turn the balance.’ (case)

Description Notes

Brass beam with weighted end and two ‘sockets’ for ‘SOVEREIGN’ and ‘SOVEREIGN 1/2’. Cusped terminals. On pivoting axis with base below weighted end.
Cap end case of cardboard with leather cover and green printed label. Embossed fleur-de-lis on reverse.

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