Coin scales and weights

Made:: 1651 in Cologne

Set of coin scales and seventeen weights

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Set of coin scales and seventeen weights
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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

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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

type:: coin scales

credit:: Hirsbrunner

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