Coin scales

Coin scales

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Coin scales, with ornate torque on beam arms and swan-necked beam ends in oval tin box with two weights, probably English, 19th century

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A659938
Materials:
steel, brass, tin, wood, wool and silk
type:
coin scales

Parts

Cylindrical knobbed brass weight

Cylindrical knobbed brass weight

Cylindrical knobbed brass weight, five pennyweights, eight grains

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A659938 Pt1
type:
weights
Weight, circular disc of brass

Weight, circular disc of brass

Weight, circular disc of brass, equivalent to six shillings

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A659938 Pt2
type:
weights