Coin scales, steel beam,brass pans,nine penny weights, six grain weights

Made:
1830-1871 in England
Set of coin scales, steel beam and brass pans

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Set of coin scales, steel beam and brass pans
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Set of coin scales, steel beam and brass pans, oval box-type beam ends, in rectangular wooden box, with nine pennyweights and six grain weights, English, 1830-1871

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A665074
Materials:
steel, brass, wood, silk and velvet
type:
coin scales

Parts

Four roughly rectangular brass weights, each to weigh four pennyweights

Four roughly rectangular brass weights, each to weigh four pennyweights

Four roughly rectangular brass weights, each to weigh four pennyweights

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A665074 Pt1
type:
weights
One rectangular solid brass weight, to weigh one pennyweight

One rectangular solid brass weight, to weigh one pennyweight

One rectangular solid brass weight, to weigh one pennyweight

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A665074 Pt2
type:
weights