Coins and Historical Medals

China, An antique balance or steelyard scale, contained in a ‘violin’-shaped and fitted dark rosewood box with swivelling lid, single brass pan and separate weight, ivory steelyard marked in black, 310mm; another, slightly smaller, contained in a similar shaped and fitted patinated bamboo box with swivelling lid, single brass pan, ivory steelyard marked in black (lacking the separate weight), 280mm; another, 19th century, with brass pan and weight and bone arm, contained in a carved bamboo violin-shaped fitted case, 340mm [3]. In excellent condition, though pan to first re-strung, case of last patinated with age £40-£60