Set of coin scales

Set of coin scales

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Set of coin scales, with steel beam and brass pans, in lacquered oval metal box with hinged lid, with two sovereign and one half sovereign weights, English, 1701-1850

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665067
Materials:
steel, brass, tin, silk, wool and wood
type:
coin scales

Parts

Two brass sovereign weights

Two brass sovereign weights

Two brass sovereign weights, cylindrical, with central upper knob

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A665067 Pt1
type:
weights
One brass half sovereign weight

One brass half sovereign weight

One brass half sovereign weight, cylindrical with central upper knob

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A665067 Pt2
type:
weights
Bowl-like brass weight

Bowl-like brass weight

Bowl-like brass weight, from nest of weights

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A665067 Pt3
type:
weights