MediumBRASS
Dimensions2 3/4 × 6 in. (7 × 15.2 cm)
Object number1943.16.8
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionSmall brass scale along with weights and a small wooden box with two hearts carved on the lid. The lid is cracked in half length wise. Scale once belonged to Stephen Farnum. ProvenanceBelonged to Stephen Farnum of Cumberland Hill Rhode Island donated to ODHS by his great-grandaughter Mary W. Peckham.
On View
Not on view
Money scale
Wilkinson, A.
18th Century
Balance Scale
Scientific Materials Company
Untitled
Eastman Kodak Company
1890
2001.100.1280
Pratt, Spencer
ca. 1840s
Untitled
Circa 1870
Warren Aiken Sewing Box
Aiken, Capt. Warren