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LicensePersian accountant's official scales and weights for gold and
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Persian accountant's official scales and weights for gold and silver, 19th cent. in wooden case with lock (19 1/2"x12 1/2"x3 1/2") ornamented in red and gold, containing:- 2 steel equal arm balances, fork and knife-edge fulcrums, and ring pivots for cord pan supports:- sensitivity 0.2 (a) 10 1/2" beam and 4 1/2" brass pans; 0.2 (b) 5 3/4" beam and 2 1/2" brass pans; (c) adjustable steel support for balances.
Details
- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1936-348
- type:
- bullion balance and beamscale
- credit:
- Victoria & Albert Museum
