Accession No

0427

Brief Description

money balance, by Daniel Crosby, Irish, 1790 (c)

Origin

Ireland; Dublin; 36 Pill Lane

Maker

Crosby, Daniel

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1783

Latest Date

1804

Inscription Date

Material

wood; metal; brass; iron; string; paper

Dimensions

beam 215 mm; box 232 x 95 x 30 mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from T.H. Court in 05/1927.

Inscription

All sorts of
BEAMS SCALES BALLANCES
And Weights for Gold
Merchansise &c. Brass. Copper. Pewter.
& Iron Goods, made and repaired by
DANL CROSBY
No 36 Pill Lane
Dublin (paper label inside lid)
DC (stamped on each pan)
Nathl Low (hand written inside lid)

Description Notes

Balance; steel beam and fittings; bow bam ends; self locating knife edge and ring bearing; index over; gallows with ring bearing hook and tassle; double aperture below. Two circular brass pans with suspension cords. Fitted and shaped wooden box. Two slots for weights (none extant). Paper label in lid. Hook fastenings.
Possibly 6 weights when bought by Whipple, entry is hard to make out.

Condition fair (some rust on beam, lid broken in two); incomplete (weights missing)

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