A paired brass balance with two pans mounted on a sturdy wooden base, accompanied by a leather-bound set of calibrated weights in brass and iron, ranging from feather-light to pound-heavy. Merchants, tax collectors, and spice-traders depend on such scales to weigh goods fairly and settle accounts. A merchant’s reputation rests on the accuracy of the scales; tampering is swift cause for a pillorying or worse.
Scales & Weights
Brass balance with calibrated weights; merchants weigh goods and settle accounts fairly.