File:Balance, coin (AM 1958.142.1-1).jpg

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Balance, coin   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Stephen Houghton & Son
Title
Balance, coin
Object type Weights & measures T & E
Classification: NM3.9827
Description
English: Sovereign balance (brass) sovereign balance in wooden case; balance folds up when box lid is opened - balance hinge is secured to case hinge; balance has sliding cipher and fold-down coin cradle; case is made of dark wood, hinge lid, with push-button lock; paper instructions for the balance are glued to the interior of the case; partially torn; with maker's name- STEPHEN HOUGHTON and SON, - Makers, Ormskirk. - Successors to A. Wilkinson.
Date Pre 1958; 1958
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length: 135mm
width: 38mm

depth: 19mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1958.142.1
Place of creation United Kingdom; Lancashire; England; Ormskirk; Europe
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1958.142.1, col.0994, 35436
Notes coin balance in wooden box; for weighing guineas and sovereigns
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