17th century merchant scale set - GIF

17th century merchant scale set.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...771#post183101
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...703#post206092
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...262#post169209
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...506#post162362

My father used similar but smaller hand balances to weigh diamonds and other stones clear up to the late 1900s. I need to look for them. He was a Certified Gemologist Appraiser with the American Gem Society.