Accession No

0134

Brief Description

scales, 19th c (?)

Origin

Maker

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

ivory; rope (string); metal

Dimensions

length of beam 132mm; diameter of pans 49mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Bournemouth on 31/01/1934.

Inscription

Description Notes

Ivory beam and fittings; swan’s neck beam ends; self-locating ivory knife-edge and ring bearing. Index over. Gallows with ring bearing. Two circular ivory pans with suspension cords and metal hooks.

Condition: good; complete.

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