Coin scales with steel beam

Made:: 1801-1870 in England

Coin scales with steel beam

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Coin scales with steel beam, knife-edge fulcrum, metal pans, in oval japanned tin box with 8 weights, England, 1801-1870

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Category:: Pharmacy-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A230178

Materials:: steel, alloy, cotton, silk, wood and card

type:: coin scales

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Parts

Cylindrical brass weight with knob on upper surface

Cylindrical brass weight with knob on upper surface

Cylindrical brass weight with knob on upper surface, probably marked in grains and pennyweights

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A230178 Pt1

type:: weights

Cylindrical brass weight with knob on upper surface

Cylindrical brass weight with knob on upper surface

Cylindrical brass weight with knob on upper surface, probably marked in grains and pennyweights

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A230178 Pt2

type:: weights

Cylindrical brass weight with knob on upper surface

Cylindrical brass weight with knob on upper surface

Cylindrical brass weight with knob on upper surface, no inscription

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A230178 Pt3

type:: weights

Circular coin-shaped weight

Circular coin-shaped weight

Circular coin-shaped weight, probably marked in grains and pennyweights

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A230178 Pt4

type:: weights

Circular coin-shaped weight

Circular coin-shaped weight

Circular coin-shaped weight, marked S 18, possibly a gold standard weight

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A230178 Pt5

type:: weights

Circular, coin-shaped weight marked S 9

Circular, coin-shaped weight marked S 9

Circular, coin-shaped weight marked S 9, possibly a gold standard weight

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A230178 Pt6

type:: weights

Circular, coin-shaped weight marked S D

Circular, coin-shaped weight marked S D

Circular, coin-shaped weight marked S D, 13:6

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A230178 Pt7

type:: weights

Circular, coin-shaped weight marked S D

Circular, coin-shaped weight marked S D

Circular, coin-shaped weight marked S D, 5:3

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A230178 Pt8

type:: weights

Coin scales with steel beam

Coin scales with steel beam

Coin scales with steel beam, knife-edge fulcrum, metal pans, in oval japanned tin box (without weights see other parts), England, 1801-1870

Materials:: steel , alloy , cotton , silk , wood and card

Object Number:: A230178 Pt9

type:: coin scales and case