Coin scales

Made:
1801-1900

Coin scales, steel beam with circular box-type beam ends and brass pans, in oval tin box with five weights, English, nineteenth century

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A190937
Materials:
beam, steel, pans, brass, box, tin, wood, box lining, wool and box lid lining, silk
Measurements:
scales: height 180 mm
scales: width 140 mm
scales: depth 40 mm
box: length 127 mm
box: width 56 mm
box: depth 16 mm
type:
coin scales

Parts

Cylindrical brass weight, to weigh five pennyweights and eight grains

Cylindrical brass weight

Cylindrical brass weight, to weigh five pennyweights and eight grains

Measurements:
max: diameter 14 mm
height 11 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A190937 Pt1
type:
weights
Cylindrical brass weight, to weigh two pennyweights and sixteen grains

Cylindrical brass weight

Cylindrical brass weight, to weigh two pennyweights and sixteen grains

Measurements:
max: diameter 12 mm
height 8 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A190937 Pt2
type:
weights
Coin shaped weight, to weigh five pennyweights and two and a half grains, equvialent to one sovereign

Coin shaped weight

Coin shaped weight, to weigh five pennyweights and two and a half grains, equvialent to one sovereign

Measurements:
diameter 20 mm
depth 3 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A190937 Pt3
type:
weights
Coin shaped weight, to weigh two pennyweights and thirteen and one eighth grains, equivalent to half a sovereign

Coin shaped weight

Coin shaped weight, to weigh two pennyweights and thirteen and one eighth grains, equivalent to half a sovereign

Measurements:
diameter 19 mm
depth 2 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A190937 Pt4
type:
weights
Thin rectangular brass weight, equivalent to 7 shillings in value

Thin rectangular brass weight

Thin rectangular brass weight, equivalent to 7 shillings in value

Measurements:
length 10 mm
width 11 mm
depth 3 mm
Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A190937 Pt5
type:
weights
Coin scales, steel beam with circular box-type beam ends and brass pans, in oval tin box (without weights see other parts), English, nineteenth century

Coin scales

Coin scales, steel beam with circular box-type beam ends and brass pans, in oval tin box (without weights see other parts), English, nineteenth century

Measurements:
scales: height 180 mm
scales: width 140 mm
scales: depth 40 mm
box: length 127 mm
box: width 56 mm
box: depth 16 mm
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) , silk , steel (metal) , tin (metal) , wood (unidentified) and wool (unspecified)
Object Number:
A190937 Pt6
type:
coin scales and case

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