WEIGHTS, SCALES, & SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS

England, George III, 1760-73,half guinea wt. S.D. 10. 6 on both sides. (4.17 gm).Withers 1714g. AU.    $25

England, George III, 1760-73, 36 shillings, same inscription both sides. (14.29gm).Withers 1750b. VF.    $40

England, George III, 1773-75, 36 shillings weight made by Berry of Birmingham. (2.63 gm) Withers 1751i. VF.    $15

England, George III, 1773-75, half guinea brass weight (4.13 gm). Head of George III to r./Ewer countermark, inscription. Withers #1893G. VF.  ...

England, George III, 1771, similar with ewer countermark. (4.14 gm). Withers 1948G. EF.    $15

England, George III, 1771, raised design with no countermark , D G/5/8/. (8.28 gm) Withers 1959. VF.    $25

England, another, similar. (2.02 gm). Withers 2020U. AU.    $25

England, Royal Mint Weight, 1821 for half sovereign. (3.95 gm) Withers 2251b. AU.    $25

England, Royal Mint Weight, 1821 for half sovereign. (3.91 gm) Withers 2251b.VF+.    $20

England, Royal Mint Weight, 1843 current weight for sovereign; along with a W & T Avery weights for half sovereign. W. 2258a, 2264b. VF.  ...

Ireland, George II, 1737, a round brass weight for a moidor; 6 dwt 22 gr. Harp/Shield. (10.68 gm) Withers 2715. About VF.    $45

France, Aquitaine, c. 1450, a hexagonal copper uniface weight (3.26gm) for a salut d'or, with a portrait of a crowned bearded king facing left,...

France, Louis XIII, c. 1620 for Louis d'Or (6.47 gm) Cross/Crown over XI d I g. Dieudonne, Manuel des Poids Monetaires, Pl. III, 26/28. F/VF. N...

France, Louis XIII, c. 1620 for Louis d'Or (6.46 gm). Laur. head of king r./Cross. Dieu. Pl. IV, 12. VG    $20

Italy, c. 1780, brass uniface weight for a Spanish doppia (13.48gm). DOPPIA SPAGNA around arms of Spain. Unc.    $40

Italy, Lombardy-Venetia, Franz II of Austria for Milano, 1792-1800, brass weight for gold sovrano, SOVRANO ABOVE RMS, UNIFACE. (11.08 gm).Dieudonne,

Italy, Parma, c. 1785-1797, brass weight for half doppia, (3.56 gm), MEZZA PARMA, arms/blank. Cp. Dieudonne, XV, 4. Superb.    $30

Italy, Sardinia, Vittorio Amadeo III, c. 1780, uniface brass weight for double of Savoy (9.11gm), DOPPIA DE SAVOIA around Crowned eagle. Dieudonne, p

Italy, Vatican, Pope Innocent XIII, c. 1721, Papal arms with eagle./DOBLA/DI/ ITALIA. (6.59 gm). Dieudonne, Manuel des Poids Monetaires, Pl XII, 20.

Russia, before 1800, a bronze dome-shaped master cup missing all weights. Fine patina. A rare item. This shows Byzantine influence. See also Houben,

Russia, c. 1835, a set of brass nested weights, (missing only the smallest weight). The master cup is hall-marked under the lid. Height: 6 cm. There

Germany, c. 1840 a complete set of "Nuremberg" type nested weights with four cups and central plug. H: 2" Average quality.  
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Germany, c. 1840, a lot of two brass nested "Nuremberg" type nested weights, both missing their central weight. One is dated 1840. Nice e...

England, c. 1850, a set of six stacked brass weights marked AVERY Ltd. The smallest weight is 1 oz, the largest is 2 lbs. Each weight neatly stacks l

England, c. 1850, a set of nine stacked brass weights. The smallest1/4 oz weight is marked AVERY. The smallest weight is 1/4 oz, the largest is 4 lbs

Roman, c. 100 AD. a small steelyard beam without chains. There are two loops for suspension hooks. L: 8.5 cm.    $125

Roman, c. 400 AD. a simple equal arm beam scale with small round scyphate-shaped pans connected to the beam with fine round link chain. The beam ends

Byzantium, c. 1000 AD. a bronze steelyard balance. This lovely green patinated beam is 44 cm in length. The ball-shaped lead weight lacks the origina

Peru, Northern Coast, Moche Culture, c. 500 AD. a finely carved wooden balance beam in the form of two jaguar heads with one head on each terminal jo

Peru, Northern Coast, Moche Culture, c. 800 AD. an extraordinary balance beam with a silver seated figure with loop on top of his head. Below, a care

Peru, Northern Coast, Chimu Culture, c. 1000-1400 AD. a rectangular wood beam carved in bas relief on both sides with same design of two seated monke

Peru, Northern Coast, Chimu Culture, c. 1000-1400 AD. an "A"-shaped wood beam carved in relief on both terminals with same design of a mo...

Peru, Northern Coast, Chancay Culture, c. 1000-1400 AD. a rectangular wood beam carved in bas relief on both sides with same design of a single bas re

Peru, Chimu, c. 1000-1400 AD. a miniature mother of pearl beam decorated with three inlaid circles. This tiny beam is holed for a fulcrum as well as

Afghanistan, c. 1840, a jerry-rigged powder scale with ivory balance beam, a chevron decorated ivory or bone tube used to hold gunpowder and an elabo

Ottoman Empire Steelyard, c. 1700, a steel beam, length 30 cm with barely discernible incised lines marking values on the beam. The beam ends with a

Ottoman Empire Steelyard, c. 1800, a steel beam, length 49 cm with incised lines marking values on the beam. The beam ends with a crescent shaped des

Ottoman Empire Steelyard, c. 1800, a steel beam, length 39 cm with incised lines marking values on the beam. The beam ends with an open-work cartouch

France, c. 1795, a coin scale with an equal arm balance with a steel beam 13.5 cm. in length. The round pans 5 cm, are copper. The set comes with two

France, c. 1795, a coin scale with an equal arm balance with a steel beam 13.5 cm. in length. The round pans, 4.2 cm, are copper. The set comes with

France, c. 1825, a coin scale with an equal arm balance with a steel beam measuring 14 cm. in length. The pans are copper and measure 5.3 cm in diame

Germany, Nuremberg, c. 1750-1770, a fine boxed scales with eight square knob handled brass weights, all with coin designs by the knobs. Weight design

Germany, Berlin, c. 1850, a leather boxed coin scale with thirty-six round knobbed weights each hall-marked and labeled for a specific coin value set

Germany, Berlin, c. 1850, a leather boxed coin scale with sixteen round knobbed weights each labeled with a coin denomination. The weights and scale

Great Britain, c. 1790, a small shagreen box with single top hasp housing a small steel balance and three Owens brass guinea weights with four fractio

Holland, Amsterdam?, c. 1650, a rectangular tooled wooden boxed coin scale with round and triangular pans. The steel balance beam is12 cm. in length.

Italy, c. 1800, a rectangular boxed scale with a fine set of fifteen round brass coin weights set in eight round compartments in a chamois lining. Th

Ottoman Empire, c. 1875, a nickel, tumbril counterfeit detector. There are seven spaces for the current coins to be balanced. L; 9 cm.   ...

England, c. 1800, a japanned oval box with guinea weights and an equal arm balance. The beam and box are of iron, the pans are copper as are the weig

England, C. 1850, a brass "rocker" for sovereigns and half sovereigns. With the original box, maker: Smith's. Scales virtually mint.,...