Title
standing portable gold scale
DateCirca 1870
Mediumbrass, lead, steel, wood
Dimensions10 × 4 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (25.4 × 12.1 × 24.1 cm)
Object number00.175.495
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA box with a drawer to hold the disassembled scale. The scale goes into a brass plate on top of the box. The scale has a turned brass upright, steel beam, and two brass pans with a thread harness, a lead weight, and many small brass weights.On View
Not on view
Circa 1870
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Circa 1860
Scientific Materials Company
Circa 1870
Circa 1840-1870
19th Century
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