Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in a cardboard box containing six sets of coin scales/balances (1914.409.1-6, 1914.410.1-6, 1921.63.93.1-2, 1924.707.1-6, TEMP.00858, TEMP.00859.1-2) and labelled 'Coin Scales'.
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Inscription)
The scale side of the balance (TEMP.00859.2) is marked with intervals labelled '5.3', '10.6', '18' and '21'.
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Context (Analysis)
Cf. a very similar 'shelf edge' coin balance in the University of Oxford History of Science Museum (49217), dated to late eighteenth century England. As such, the Period field has here been filled as 'Post Medieval; late 18th century, and the Place field as 'Europe; British Isles; England'.
Event Date 15/3/2019
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Oblong case (1) made of some kind of treated leather/cloth over colour-patterned paper/card, with a pull-off lid. Contains a brass 'shelf edge' coin balance (2), comprising a flat strip with small projecting legs, one side to hold a coin and the other with a sliding cuboid weight and a scale with marked intervals at '5.3', '10.6', '18' and '21'.
Event Date 15/3/2019
Author: David Kay