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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Medieval folding balance beam. The balance comprises a central bar, a folding arm to either side and a suspension mechanism in the centre above.The central bar is complete but the balance arms are both broken shorty after the hinge. The arms are rivited to the central bar and originally would have been able to fold out to form the balance and then fold down to be stored/transported.The central bar is rectangular in plan and oval in cross-section. Either end bifurcates to house the folding arm by way of a rivet. folding arms are flat and rectangular in plan. The central piece consists of a flat, triangular sheet of copper alloy woth a hole at the base. The central piece is riveted through the bar allowing it to swivel. Similar examples in the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum collection have been dated to between the 12th and 14th centuries (Saunders; 2001; P119-129, nos. 2, 4 and 5). Parallels are recorded on the PAS database; LVPL-FDA931 and KENT-0663E7.
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