SCALES AND WEIGHTS FROM ALL PLACES AND TIMES

England, c.1820, a folding gold coin bal

ance made by "T. B." in wooden case with five weights; the guinea...

England, 1753, Darby Steelyard for Gold

Coins A steelyard with a flat horizontal beam of brass, (probably...

France, c.1795. Jecker folding balance

France, c.1795. Jecker folding balance for gold . A folding...

France, c.1795, a coin scale with an equ

al arm balance with a steel beam (3.5 cm long). The round pans...

France, c.1795, a coin scale with a ste

France, c.1795, a coin scale with a steel beam equal arm balance...

France, c.1825, a coin scale with an equ

al arm balance with a steel beam measuring 14 cm. in length. The...

Germany, c.1875 Bernstein Hanger Rocke

Germany, c.1875 Bernstein Hanger Rocker. A unique German patented...

Ottoman Empire, c.1875, an ivory or bone

tumbril counterfeit detector. There are six spaces marked...

Ottoman Empire, c.1875, a copper tumbril

counterfeit detector. There are six spaces for the current coins...

Ottoman Empire, c.1875, a nickel, tumbri

l counterfeit detector. There are six spaces for the current coins...

Peru, Chancay, c.1000-1400 AD. A rectang

ular wood beam carved in relief on both sides with the same design...

Burma, c.1790-1850, a lot of two typical

opium scales; both boxes are plain. L: of beams 17-18 cm, D: of...

China, c.1650-1750, a very rare all silv

er steelyard scale complete with silver rectangular weight which...

Gold Scales, c.1850, an equal arm balanc

e scale. The copper beam is covered with inspection counter marks...

Germany, von Berndt Odendall, 1654 in Ko

ln. An important three tier gold coin scale complete with all the...

Great Britain, c.1875, a fine British "R

oberval" type postal scale with all brass fixtures including the...

Great Britain, c.1880, a similar postal

scale all in polished brass with a seven piece central stack of...

Charles Arbuthnot, 'TABLES of ANCIENT CO

IN, WEIGHTS & MEASURES etc', London, Printed for J. Tonson in the...

Paul Balog, 'UMAYYAD, ABBASID AND TULUN

ID GLASS WEIGHTS AND VESSEL STAMPS', Numismatic Studies No...

A. Dieudonne, 'MANUEL DES POIDS MONETAIR

ES', Paris, 1925, vii, 184 pp. Frontispiece, 16 plates. Grey card...

Donald and Joan Gear, 'EARTH TO HEAVEN

The Royal Animal-Shaped Weights of the Burmese Empires', Silkworm...

A. George Mallis, 'PROPOSED STANDARD DE

SIGNATION FOR COIN WEIGHTS, VOL. 1', Revised Edition, 1990. 12mo...

W. S. R. Woolhouse, 'THE MEASURES, WEIGH

TS, & MONEYS of ALL NATIONS', London, 1859. 188 pp. 12mo. Embossed...

Joel L. Malter & Co. Inc. Auction VII

, April, 1979. 234 lots including scientific instruments, books...

Joel L. Malter & Co. Inc. Auction X

, October, 1979. 224 lots

Joel L. Malter & Co. Inc. Auction XII

, March, 1980.161 lots

Joel L. Malter & Co. Inc. Auction XVI

, December, 1980, 193 lots + U. S. Gold Coins With p.r's. view...

Joel L. Malter & Co. Inc. Auction XXXIX

, April, 1989, 323 lots of ancient weights plus coin lots all from...