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Description: | An incomplete, Medieval, copper alloy, folding balance. The balance comprises a central bar, a folding arm to either side and a suspension mechanism in the centre above.The central bar is almost complete but one balance arm is missing and the other is incomplete. The surviving arm is riveted 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. One end of the bar is broken at this point but the rivet remains in situ. The folding arm is flat and rectangular in plan where it is attached to the central bar, thickening out to a cicular cross-sectioned arm that tapers to a square knop at the end. The terminal edge of this knop is broken where a suspension loop would have been attached. The central piece consists of a flat, triangular sheet of copper-alloy which terminates at a broken hole. This 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; LIN-075AE3, LVPL-FDA931 and KENT-0663E7.
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