| Description |
Five English Folding Scales. Very Good. The first item is a brass English folding scale, with a narrow swinging shelf on one side of the beam and a counterweight on the other, designed to authenticate gold sovereigns, half sovereigns, guineas, and half guineas. Housed in a hinged wooden box, with an internal instruction label pasted to the bottom. The second item is an English folding scale, with a circular pan on one side of the beam and a narrow swinging shelf on the other. Housed in a hinged wooden box with custom insets for five weights used to authenticate coins of the sovereign, half sovereign, guinea, half guinea, and seven shillings denominations. A printed instruction label is pasted to the inside bottom and a manufacturing label from H. BELL & Co., Prescot, Lancashire is pasted to the lid. The third item is a brass English folding scale with a circular pan on one side of the beam and a narrow swinging shelf on the other. Housed in a hinged wooden box with custom insets for five bell-style weights. The fourth item is a brass English folding scale, with a narrow swinging shelf on one side of the beam and a counterweight on the other. Housed in a hinged wooden box, with an internal instruction label pasted to the bottom and a felt strip on the lid. The fifth item is a brass scale in a wooden box with a slide on the beam to weight guineas and half guineas according to the label inside the box. The maker is unidentified, but the scale is similar to those by Wilkinson. Dimensions vary and are approximately 5.5 x 1.0 x 0.5 inches. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15709 (realized $480).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11663 |
