Set of scales with swan-necked beam ends cords replaced by strings

Set of scales with swan-necked beam ends cords replaced by strings

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Set of scales with swan-necked beam ends cords replaced by strings, in rectangular lacquered metal box with 4 apothecaries" weights and 4 coin weights, English, 18th or 19th centuries

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Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A158967
Materials:
steel, copper and tin
Measurements:
scales: height 153 mm
scales: width 152 mm
scales: depth 36 mm
box: length 124 mm
box: width 55 mm
depth 21 mm
type:
scales
credit:
Glendining