Collection

Apothecary's equal-arm balance, boxfoot base drawer,pillar,beam and scale pans

Made:
1751-1870

Apothecary's equal-arm balance, with boxfoot base drawer and pillar, and beam and scale pans, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1775-1825

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A602018
Materials:
base, pine, upright, pine, beam, iron and pans, pewter
type:
balance

Parts

Boxfoot base with drawer and pillar for apothecary's equal-arrm balance

Boxfoot base with drawer and pillar for apothecary's equal-arrm balance

Boxfoot base with drawer and pillar for apothecary's equal-arrm balance, Birmingham, 1751-1870

Measurements:
overall: 730 mm x 637 mm x 282 mm,
Materials:
base, pine and upright, pine
Object Number:
A602018/1
type:
component - object: balance
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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