Scales with steel beam

Made:: 1801-1850

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Scales with steel beam, knife-edge fulcrum, and brass pans, owned by Dr. William Laidlaw Purves, probably English, first half of 19th century

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Category:: Pharmacy-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A652010

Materials:: steel, brass, thread, case, wood and case, velvet

type:: balances

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