M0013999: Guinea balance in black japanned with box decorated with the personification of Justice, 1772

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Guinea balance in black japanned box decorated with figure of justice. George III, English, 1772

Photograph of an English guinea balance and the top of its black japanned box decorated with the female figure of Justice. The item was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1935 where it was thought to be an apothecary's scales. It was given accession number A139721. It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

May 1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card which provide an entry for the item: acc. number A139721

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.