Apothecaries scale with steel beam and brass pans suspended from green silk threads
- Made:
- 1701-1900
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Apothecaries scale with steel beam and brass pans suspended from green silk threads, contained in oval japanned tin box lined with silk, decorated with gold paint, European, possibly, English, 1701-1900
Details
- Category:
- Pharmacy-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A659962
- Materials:
- case, tin, silk, cloth, scales, brass, scales, steel and scales, silk, thread
- Measurements:
-
case: length 130 mm
case: width 65 mm
case: depth 15 mm
beam: length 110 mm
pans: diameter 44 mm
shears: length 60 mm
- type:
- balances
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