Apothecary's balance with glass pans

Made:
1831-1870
Apothecary's balance with glass pans

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Apothecary's balance with glass pans
Science Museum Group

Apothecary's balance with glass pans, steel beam with knife-edge fulcrum, in wooden box, possibly English, mid-nineteenth century

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A211472
Materials:
scales, glass, scales, steel and scales, silk
Measurements:
balance: width 278 mm
balance: height 310 mm
balance: depth 74 mm
case: length 223 mm
case: width 96 mm
case: depth 33 mm
type:
scales

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