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Description: | An incomplete later medieval folding balance cast in copper alloy. The beam is complete, consisting of a pair of horizontal elements from which emerges a triangular sheet pointer centrally; the latter is riveted in place. The pointer appears to be truncated at its tip, but is otherwise largely intact, though corroded. It features a perforation at the beam which would have taken a 'stirrup' attached by a rivet; the hole is largely filled with corrosion product. Both parts of the beam are bevelled along the longer edges. Both parts are also finished at the shorter edges with diagonals. On one side, the vestiges of an arm survive corroded in situ, rotated around its rivet at an angle. On the other side the majority of the arm is extant; it still swings freely around its rivet, although it has lost its tip and has been bent upwards towards the terminal as a result of old damage. The arms are of a different alloy to the beam and pointer: they are now a dark brown colour compared to the mid-dark green of the latter.Folding balances can be found illustrated in Margeson (1993, 203; refs. 1572, 1573) and Egan (1998, 327; ref. 1055). The latter gives a sense of the original dimensions of this artefact, although the pointer is smaller in this case.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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