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
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
- Measurements:
-
length 140 mm
width 240 mm
depth 47 mm
- type:
- scales set
- credit:
- Glendining
Parts
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
Rectangular wooden chest
Rectangular wooden chest, probably Middle Eastern, 1701-1900
- Measurements:
-
length 140 mm
width 240 mm
depth 47 mm
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- A159693 Pt5
- type:
- scale sets and case
