Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans
- Made:
- 1750-1900
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Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans, in elaborately carved wooden box, with set of circular weights, to weigh pennyweights (?), with pair of tweezers, made in Persia, 1750-1900
Details
- Category:
- Pharmacy-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A665738
- Materials:
- scales, steel, scales, brass, scales, silk, box, wood, box, brass and weights, brass
- Measurements:
-
length 175 mm
width 120 mm
depth 40 mm
beam: length 142 mm
pans: diameter 60 mm
weight max.: diameter 20 mm
weight max.: depth 22 mm
weight min.: diameter 7 mm
weight min.: depth 10 mm
tweezers: length 93 mm
- type:
- apothecaries scales
- credit:
- Pratt, W.
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