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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Medieval folding balance beam. The balance comprises a central bar, a slot for a folding arm to either side and a hole in the centre for a suspension mechanism. The central bar is rectangular in plan and oval in cross-section.The central bar is complete but only a fragment of one of the balance arms survives. The arm is rivited to the central bar and would have been able to fold out to form the balance and then fold down to be stored/transported.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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