Set of scales

Set of scales, with oval box-type beam ends, in fish-skin covered case, with twelve weights, possibly English, 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665059
Materials:
steel, brass, wood, velvet, silk and fish-skin
type:
scales
credit:
Dunning, E.

Parts

Four rectangular weights

Four rectangular weights

Four rectangular weights, each a thin sheet of metal

Materials:
alloy
Object Number:
A665059 Pt1
type:
weights
Two rectangular weights

Two rectangular weights

Two rectangular weights, each a thin sheet of metal, to weigh 24 and 6 grains

Materials:
alloy
Object Number:
A665059 Pt2
type:
weights
Five grain weights

Five grain weights

Five grain weights, small rectangle of brass

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A665059 Pt3
type:
weights
Plain circular brass weight

Plain circular brass weight

Plain circular brass weight

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A665059 Pt4
type:
weights