Scales Collection (page 6)

Shopkeeper unpacking canned gammon joints, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Shopkeeper unpacking canned gammon joints, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1963. The meat has just been imported from Denmark by the Danish Bacon Company

Woman Holding a Balance, c1664. Artist: Jan Vermeer
Woman Holding a Balance, c1664. The painting is part of the Widener Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. From Masterpieces of Painting, edited by Huntington Cairns and John Walker

Going to the Scale, 1911. From British Sports and Sportsmen Part 1. [British Sports and Sportsmen, London, 1911]

Twelfth Key of Basil Valentine, 1651, illustrating that the Philosophers Stone must be combined with gold to produce new gold, just as a lion eats a serpent to change it into its own substance

Toads, 1885. From The National Encyclopaedia. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by Writers of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art. [William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Glasgow, 1885]

The White Fish (Coregonus Clupeiformis), c. 1920s
The White Fish (Coregonus Clupeiformis.), 19th century

The Pickerel (Lucius Reticulatus. Le Sueur), c. 1920s
The Pickerel (Lucius Reticulatus. Le Sueur).from the Upper Hudson River, Sherman Foote Denton (1856-1937), c.1920s

The Pickerel (Lucius Reticulatus. Le Sueur. ), c. 1920s
The Pickerel (Lucius Reticulatus Le Sueur).from a pond in Massachusetts, Sherman Foote Denton (1856-1937), c, 1920s

Improved Balance (To Weigh 2000 Ounces. ), 1866. Artist: Joseph Wilson Lowry
Improved Balance (To Weigh 2000 Ounces.), 1866

Judgement of the Dead, from the Temple of Deir-el-Bahari, Egypt, c1025 BC (1936). Papyrus. Anubis weighs the heart of the deceased in the presence of Thoth

Without Prejudice, 1898. Artist: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
Without Prejudice, 1898. Plate taken from The Studio magazine, volume 13, no 60 (London, 15th March 1898)

Advert for Liebig Extract of Meat, 1899. A print from Hearth and Home, 30th November 1899

Miners weighing their gold, 19th century (1937). Artist: Britton & Rey
Miners weighing their gold, 19th century (1937). From Old California, In Pictures and Story, by Stewart Edward White and published by Doubleday, Doran and Company (New York, 1937)

Wholesale dealers, 15th century (1849). Artist: Thurwanger Freres
Wholesale dealers, 15th century (1849). Stained glass from the Cathedral of Tournai. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud, Volume III (Paris, 1849)

Monnoyeurs et Changeurs, 13th century (1849). Artist: Thurwanger Freres
Monnoyeurs et Changeurs, 13th century (1849). Stained glass from the chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Le Mans Cathedral

Vegetable seller, Jaipur, India, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Prudence, Temperance, Fortitude and Justice, 1290-1300. From La Somme Le Roy, produced in France. Illustration from Illuminated Manuscripts in the British Museum, Miniatures, Borders

Spice seller, Royal Palace, Tehran, c1890. Illustration from En Perse, Types, Costumes and Moeurs, (a work on the people, costume and customs of Persia), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

Richard causing the gold and jewels to be weighed in his presence
Richard causing the gold and jewels to be weighed n his presence. Richard I (1157-1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199

Marche de 4 Saisons, c1895-1945 (1924). Artist: Edgar Chahine
Marche de 4 Saisons, c1895-1945 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

A typical fruit seller, Paris, 1931. Artist: Ernest Flammarion
A typical fruit seller, Paris, 1931. Illustration from the book Paris published by Ernest Flammarion, (1931)

The great seal of King George I. Artist: Vandroit
The great seal of King George I. Portrait of King George I (1660-1727), the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and King of Ireland. He ruled from 1714 until his death

The Theatrical Steel Yards of 1750, (1751). Artist: Patrick O Brian
The Theatrical Steel Yards of 1750, (1751). Players hang from scales surmounted by the motto Totus mundus agit histrionem, - All the worlds a stage

Libra, The Balance, 1923. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

Scene from the Book of the Dead of Any, Egyptian, c1275 BC, (c1900-1920). In the centre are the scales used for weighing the heart, attended by Anubis, the jackal-headed god of embalming

Personification of music, with the auxiliaries, the poet and musicians, 1508, (1870). Facsimile of a wood engraving from the Margarita Philosophica Nova

Justice, tarot card, 14th century, (1870)
Justice, tarot card from the Charles VI or Gringonneur deck, 14th century, (1870). Taken from a deck in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, Paris

Rhubarb, Russell Square, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

New Potatoes, Middlesex Hospital, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

Cherries, St Jamess Palace, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

Revolutionary Fury and Britannia, 1814. Artist: I Brown
Revolutionary Fury and Britannia, 1814. Revolutionary Fury setting out to enslave or destroy the nations of Europe, is stopped by the interposing shield of Britannia who launches her thunders

Michel de Montagne, 1775. Artist: J Collyer
Michel de Montagne, 1775. Portrait of Montaigne (1533-1592). A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1775

Meat counter in a Soviet food store, USSR, 1960s. From a private collection

Making Macaroni and Military Meeting, 1802. Artist: Vivant Denon
Making Macaroni and Military Meeting, 1802. Two plates from Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute d Egypte, 1802

Seller of capers, 1390-1400. Illustration from Tacuinum Sanitatis, illuminated medical manual based on texts translated from Arabic into Latin, in the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Triton, 16th century. Illustration from a French bestiary of a mythical amphibious creature about to devour a sheep. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Louis XI, 15th century. Louis, with his feet on a lion, and the allegorical figures of Justice and Truth. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Surveyors using quadrants to measure the height of a tower, c1617-c1619. Artist: Robert Fludd
Surveyors using quadrants to measure the height of a tower, 1617-c1619. Quadrants fitted with plumb bobs and marked with shadow scales to measure the height of a tower

Le Chauffage, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Paris Assiege showing people queueing up to obtain rationed coal and firewood for heating

The fight against the Papacy and the Empire, 16th century. From the National Library of France, Paris

Peace and Justice, 16th century. Artist: Martin de Vos
Peace and Justice, 16th century. From the collection of the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Butter seller, 1826. Market woman carrying her butter, with a white cloth to cover it, on a rush tray slung round her waist

Experiment designed to show that air has weight, 1672. From Experimenta Nova ut vocantur Magdeburgica De Vacuo Spatio (New Magdeburg Experiments About the Vacuum by Otto von Guericke)

Testing the weight of gold pieces, Paris mint, 1892

Packing and weighing tea for export on a Ceylon (Sri Lanka) estate, 1905

Santorio Sanctorius, c1728. Italian physician and the founder of quantitative measurement in medicine. Sanctorius was the first to use a thermometer to measure body temperature

Roman Sea mosaic, 2nd-3rd century. Bardo Museum, Tunisia

Sea Perch, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Sea Perch, 20th century. Found in the Atantic and Mediterranean, Perch are carnivorous fish, who feed on smaller fish, shellfish, or insect larvae. They can be caught with nearly any bait

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