Set of scales with swan-necked beam ends cords replaced by strings
- Made:
- 1701-1900
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Set of scales with swan-necked beam ends cords replaced by strings, in rectangular lacquered metal box with 4 apothecaries" weights and 4 coin weights, English, 18th or 19th centuries
Details
- Category:
- Pharmacy-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A158967
- Measurements:
-
scales: height 153 mm
scales: width 152 mm
scales: depth 36 mm
box: length 124 mm
box: width 55 mm
depth 21 mm
- type:
- scales
- credit:
- Glendining
Parts
Set of scales with swan-necked beam ends cords replaced by strings
Set of scales with swan-necked beam ends cords replaced by strings, in rectangular lacquered metal box (without weights see other parts), English, 18th or 19th centuries
- Measurements:
-
scales: height 153 mm
scales: width 152 mm
scales: depth 36 mm
box: length 124 mm
box: width 55 mm
depth 21 mm
- Materials:
- copper (metal) , steel (metal) and tin (metal)
- Object Number:
- A158967 Pt5
