Accession No

0755

Brief Description

folding coin balance by Wetherell and Janaway, c.1790

Origin

114 Cheapside; London; England

Maker

Wetherell & Janaway

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1790

Latest Date

1790

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel); paper

Dimensions

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from L.H. Spero, Kenton, Harrow, England, on 27/04/1934.

Inscription

‘The turn to be at the end for a guinea; the other way for half a guinea; and the slide at
the cypher where it will stop. It stops several times in removing towards the centre each
farthing above the standard. When gold is short weight, remove the slide the other way
where every division is a penny. WETHERELL and JANAWAY, No. 114. Cheapside.’ (box lid)

Description Notes

Single turn type. Brass box and scale. ‘Coffin’ shaped turn. Beam graduated 0 - 12 pennies by 3 to 1 and 4 notches before 0 for farthings overweight. Slide. ‘H’ type hanger with ‘shovel’ shaped coin pan. Cranked column with pointed ends and steel reinforcements; hinge automatically opening balance as box lid opens; brass link and rest. Instruction label in lid of box.

Condition good (except label); complete.

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