Image
Category
Collection
Maker
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Ancient Egyptian equal-arm balance

1370-1350 BCE

Equal-arm chondrometer with grain hopper and weights

1894-1900

Jeweller's diamond balance

Cased set of scales and weights, Persian

1650-1700

Persian equal-arm medical scales

Diamond balance

1877

Polished steel equal-arm balance, 1772-1775

1772-1775

Weighing scales and weights

Persian equal-arm balance, 1800-1810

1800-1810

Case of Dutch Jeweller's Scales and Carat weights

1676

Ashanti gold-takers scales

1400-1499

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Weighing scales and weights in box

Weighing scales

Scales and weights

Weighing scales and weights

Weighing scales in box

Weighing scales and weights

Steel sovereign balance with box-end beam by de Grave

1845-1871

Inspectors portable beamscale to test all weights from 56lbs to 1/4oz

1900-1905

Inspector's portable equal-arm balance (7lb range)

1947-1949

Inspector's portable food balance, in mahogany case

1928

Beamscale, in mahogany and glass case

circa 1886

Chainomatic analytical balance (model No.48GC) by L. Oertling Ltd

1949

Pocket balance for apothecaries

1821-1900

Pocket scales and six weights

1789-1810

Replica of Norse folding bronze balance

1938

Diamond balance, with weights and accessories

1800-1810

Apothecaires' balance, with weights, in fish-skin covered case, 1750

1750

Large diamond scales by Charles de Grave

1788-1799

Cased set of jeweller's scales, signed "John Snart"

1700-1710

Weighing scales

1965-1975

Replica, Egyptian Balance Beam, red Limestone

1936

Beam Scale

1915-1925

Chemists' Beam Scale

1950

Jeweller's Balance

1895-1905

Dispensing Balance

1925-1935

Chemists Balance

1925-1935

Replica of bronze balance beam

1938

Case of W. and T. Avery's Diamond scales and Weights

1817-1877

Small diamond scales with weights and forceps

1800-1810

Apothecaries' balance, 5" steel, in mahogany box

Early medieval bronze folding balance. Copy of a balance in Guildhall Museum; found in Lime Street

1959

Bullion balance, 7" steel beam, in tooled beechwood case

1708-1714

Knife-Edge Beam Scale

1907

Postal Scale

1890-1910

Reconstruction of the "comprehensive balance" of al Khazini described in "The Book of the Balance of Wisdom"

1978

Swan-Neck Beam Scale

1905-1915

Equal-arm balance chondrometer

1756-1789

Inspector's verification balance to weigh 1oz

1910