Collection Highlights
Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
1862.9
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Coin scale in case
Object name
Coin scale in case
Date
ca. 1735-1752
Medium
Wood, brass, gold, other metal, textile, string, paper
Dimensions
case: 1 1/4 x 6 x 2 5/8 in. ( 3.2 x 15.2 x 6.7 cm )
Description
Coin scale with shallow brass pans suspended with string from metal balance bar; in rectangular wooden case with hinged lid, green textile lining bottom, and two corner compartments containing six coin weights, one circular weight, and two square weights; paper affixed to inside of lid lists standard weights for various coins.
Object Number
INV.497a-k
Marks
printed: on left side of paper affixed inside lid: "Freeman / In / Bartholomew Lane / near the / Royal Exchange / London. / Maketh [and] Selleth all sorts / of Scales, Weights & Steelyards. / . . . For Exportation."
printed: on right side of paper affixed inside lid: "The Standard / Weight of the following Coins / . . ."
relief: on obverse and reverse of one coin: "GEORGIUS II REX" and "J / GUINEA / W"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
