Rectangular wooden chest

Made:
1701-1900

Rectangular wooden chest, containing 26 balances, weights and tweezers, probably Middle Eastern(?), 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A159693
Materials:
wood and brass
type:
scales set
credit:
Glendining

Parts

Large apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans

Large apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans

Large apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, suspended from red cotton cards

Materials:
brass , steel , cotton and silk
Object Number:
A159693 Pt1
type:
scales
Small apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans

Small apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans

Small apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, suspended from red cotton cords

Materials:
brass , steel , cotton and silk
Object Number:
A159693 Pt2
type:
scales
Set of 8 octagonal brass weights

Set of 8 octagonal brass weights

Set of 8 octagonal brass weights, knobs on top to facilitate removal from box with tweezers, 1 missing

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A159693 Pt3
type:
weights
Small steel tweezers for picking weights out

Small steel tweezers for picking weights out

Small steel tweezers for picking weights out, joined at top, arms elaborately shaped

Materials:
steel
Object Number:
A159693 Pt4
type:
tweezers

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