EditorialArtist: Hans Holbein the Younger, German, 1497/981543, Portrait of a Hanseatic?Merchant, Oil on panel, unframed: 49.6 ? 39 cm (19 1/2 ? 15 3/8 in.), The merchants of the Hanseatic League, a powerful German trading organization that rapidly expanded int...
EditorialSteelyard Weight with heraldic decoration, Used on a steelyard balance, a counterweight for a straight-beam balance with arms of unequal length. The counterweight slides along the longer arm to counterbalance the load and indicate its weight. Also know...
EditorialSteelyard Weight with heraldic decoration, Used on a steelyard balance, a counterweight for a straight-beam balance with arms of unequal length. The counterweight slides along the longer arm to counterbalance the load and indicate its weight. Also know...
EditorialSteelyard Weight with heraldic decoration, Used on a steelyard balance, a counterweight for a straight-beam balance with arms of unequal length. The counterweight slides along the longer arm to counterbalance the load and indicate its weight. Also know...
EditorialSteelyard Weight with heraldic decoration Used on a steelyard balance, a counterweight for a straight-beam balance with arms of unequal length. The counterweight slides along the longer arm to counterbalance the load and indicate its weight. Also known...
EditorialSteelyard Weight with heraldic decoration Used on a steelyard balance, a counterweight for a straight-beam balance with arms of unequal length. The counterweight slides along the longer arm to counterbalance the load and indicate its weight. Also known...
EditorialSteelyard Weight with heraldic decoration Used on a steelyard balance, a counterweight for a straight-beam balance with arms of unequal length. The counterweight slides along the longer arm to counterbalance the load and indicate its weight. Also known...
EditorialGreat weighing machine or steelyard, Qing Dynasty. The man weighs items brought to him by customers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's Chi...
EditorialSteelyard Weight with the Bust of Athena, 5th?7th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 2 3/16 ? 7/8 ? 13/16 in., 1.6oz. (5.5 ? 2.2 ? 2 cm, 45g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, could often be seen on steelyard weights ...
EditorialBronze steelyard and weight, 4th?6th century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Other: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm), Bronzes, The steelyard arm is calibrated on three sides with lines and Roman numerals, each providing different scales of weights.
EditorialThe title of this map of London appears at the top of the plate, flanked by Tudor and city arms. A note on the history of London features at bottom left and on the Steelyard at bottom right. Illustrated figures of merchants appear at bottom centre. Mer...
EditorialSteelyard Weight with the Bust of Athena, 5th?7th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 2 3/16 ? 7/8 ? 13/16 in., 1.6oz. (5.5 ? 2.2 ? 2 cm, 45g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, could often be seen on steelyard weights ...
EditorialBronze steelyard and weight, 4th?6th century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Other: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm), Bronzes, The steelyard arm is calibrated on three sides with lines and Roman numerals, each providing different scales of weights.
EditorialSteelyard Weight with the Bust of Athena, 5th?7th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, 2 3/16 ? 7/8 ? 13/16 in., 1.6oz. (5.5 ? 2.2 ? 2 cm, 45g), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, could often be seen on steelyard weights ...
EditorialBronze steelyard and weight, 4th?6th century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Other: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm), Bronzes, The steelyard arm is calibrated on three sides with lines and Roman numerals, each providing different scales of weights.