Coin scales with steel beam and tin pans
- Made:
- 1735-1900
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Coin scales with steel beam and tin pans, suspended from orange silk thread, contained in oval japanned tin box, also contains six pennyweight and grain weights, owned by Dr. Christopher Harwell, English, 1735-1900
Details
- Category:
- Pharmacy-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A242399
- Materials:
- case, tin, case, wood, case, silk, cloth, case, felt, case, hair, scales, steel, scales, silk, thread and weights, brass
- Measurements:
-
case: length 105 mm
case: width 54 mm
case: depth 15 mm
beams: length 94 mm
pans: diameter 32 mm
shears: length 45 mm
- type:
- coin scales
Parts
Coin scales with steel beam and tin pans
Coin scales with steel beam and tin pans, suspended from orange silk thread, contained in oval japanned tin box (without weights see other parts), English, 1735-1900
- Measurements:
-
case: length 105 mm
case: width 54 mm
case: depth 15 mm
beams: length 94 mm
pans: diameter 32 mm
shears: length 45 mm
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) , felt , hair , silk , silk thread , steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- A242399 Pt7
- type:
- coin scales and case