M0014149: One folding balance shown partially opened and one in a case, 18th century

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Folding balance in case, and one shown partially opened, probably for coins. 18th century

Two folding balances, one partially opened and one in a case, probably for coins and probably French. The items were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in the 1910s (accession number R10824 and R18604). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R10824 (image 127) and acc. number R1860

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.