Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A Beam scale ... and a question on the date

Lee · 21st September 2015, 08:44 PM

Very, very nice.

Could it be the Islamic calendar (AH)? If it starts with '11' instead of '17' this is likely the case and would point to the 18th century (AD).

I also bought an old scale at a flea market this summer. It is of the 'steelyard' type with a brass pan and I am pretty sure it is from the sphere of Ottoman influence. Some parts are old and other parts are somewhat later.

Yours is nicer.

21st September 2015, 08:44 PM	#2
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 894	Very, very nice. Could it be the Islamic calendar (AH)? If it starts with '11' instead of '17' this is likely the case and would point to the 18th century (AD). I also bought an old scale at a flea market this summer. It is of the 'steelyard' type with a brass pan and I am pretty sure it is from the sphere of Ottoman influence. Some parts are old and other parts are somewhat later. Yours is nicer.