Coin scales and weights

Made:: 1651 in Cologne

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Set of coin scales and seventeen weights, in a rectangular wooden box, box makers mark impressed inside, contents made by Matthias Mettman, a well known Cologne scalemaker, German, 1651

Details

Category:: Pharmacy-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A70598

Materials:: box, wood, box, brass, contents, brass, contents, steel and contents, silk, threads

Measurements:: box: length 125 mm
box: width 70 mm
box: depth 30 mm
beam: length 92 mm
circular pan: diameter 28 mm
triangular pan: length 31 mm
triangular pan: width 39 mm
shears: length 42 mm

type:: coin scales

credit:: Hirsbrunner

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Parts

Brass weight

Large square brass weight, with impressed design on top labelled, 'Matt'

Measurements:: length 18 mm
width 17 mm
thickness 11 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt1

type:: weights

Brass weight

Large squat brass weight, with impressed design on top labelled, "Richellatt"

Measurements:: length 19 mm
width 18 mm
depth 11 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt2

type:: weights

Brass weight

Large squat brass weight, with impressed design on top labelled, "Silbezlzen"?

Measurements:: length 18 mm
width 17 mm
depth 13 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt3

type:: weights

Brass weight

Flat, square brass weight, with impressed design on top, labelled "1/2 Richetlatt"

Measurements:: length 16 mm
width 15 mm
thickness 2 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt4

type:: weights

Brass weight

Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, labelled "1/2 Silberzlzen"(?)

Measurements:: length 14 mm
width 13 mm
thickness 5 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt5

type:: weights

Brass weight

Large squat brass weight, with impressed design on top, labelled "Pistolet"(?)

Measurements:: length 16 mm
width 16 mm
depth 8 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt6

type:: weights

Brass weight

Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, labelled "1/2 Pistolet"

Measurements:: length 16 mm
width 16 mm
thickness 2 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt7

type:: weights

Brass weight

Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, labelled "Ducat..1/2"

Measurements:: length 15 mm
width 15 mm
thickness 5 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt8

type:: weights

Brass weight

Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, illegible label above compartment

Measurements:: length 16 mm
width 16 mm
thickness 3 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt9

type:: weights

Brass weight

Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, Ital Pistolet above compartment

Measurements:: length 16 mm
width 16 mm
thickness 5 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt10

type:: weights

Brass weight

Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, 1/2 Ital Pistolet label

Measurements:: length 15 mm
width 13 mm
depth 5 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt11

type:: weights

Brass weight

Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, labelled "Razdicten"(?)

Measurements:: length 16 mm
width 16 mm
thickness 4 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt12

type:: weights

Brass weight

Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, labelled "1/2 Razdicten"

Measurements:: length 17 mm
width 16 mm
thickness 4 mm

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A70598 Pt13

type:: weights

Four small oval metal weights

Four small oval metal weights, all with embossed design on top

Measurements:: maximum: length 12 mm
maximum: width 10 mm

Materials:: metal

Object Number:: A70598 Pt14

type:: weights

Coin scales

Set of coin scales a in a rectangular wooden box (without weights see other parts), box makers mark impressed inside, made by Matthias Mettman, a well known Cologne scalemaker, German, 1651

Measurements:: box: length 125 mm
box: width 70 mm
box: depth 30 mm
beam: length 92 mm
circular pan: diameter 28 mm
triangular pan: length 31 mm
triangular pan: width 39 mm
shears: length 42 mm

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , silk thread , steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: A70598 Pt15

type:: coin scales and case

Coin scales and weights

Rectangular wooden box for a set of coin scales and seventeen weights, box makers mark impressed inside, contents made by Matthias Mettman, a well known Cologne scalemaker, German, 1651