Steelyard type guinea balance (Merlin type)

Made:
1810 in England
2 3/4 brass steelyd 2 3/4" brass steelyd

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2 3/4 brass steelyd
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2 3/4" brass steelyd
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

2 3/4" brass steelyd. type guinea balance (Merlin type) 1810, for 1/4, 1/2 and 1 guinea with one scale pan and screw-adjusted counter-poise to indicate +/- values up to 12d. for each coin. In plain white-wood box, 3 1/2"x1 1/2"x7/8" (not original leatherette case)

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1951-363
type:
money scales and steelyard
credit:
Court, E.