Set of 18th century brass scales in a japanned oval tin box, with three weights marked 27 (27- Shillings = Portuguese Moidore), 5 * 3 (5-Shilling and Threepence = Quarter-Guinea) and 4 * 6 (Four-Shillings and Sixpence = Portuguese Sixteenth Dobra). Good condition (£40-50)

Date on the dealer’s (?) card which accompanied this lot states c. 1760