Apothecary's balance with steel beam and broken glass pans

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and broken glass pans, partly suspended by green silk cord, English, 1831-1870

Details

Category:
Pharmacy-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655364
Materials:
steel, glass and silk
Measurements:
beam: length 145 mm
pans: diameter 62 mm
shears: length 67 mm
type:
balances

Parts

Parts of a beamscale

Parts of a beamscale

Part of a glass weighing pan, with attached silk cord, and steel beam, from an apothecary's balance, England, 1831-1870

Materials:
glass , silk and steel
Object Number:
A655364/1
type:
beamscale
Glass weighing pan

Glass weighing pan

Part of a glass weighing pan, with attached silk cord, from an apothecary's balance, England, 1831-1870

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A655364/2
type:
pan - scale component
Glass weighing pan

Glass weighing pan

Part of a glass weighing pan, from an apothecary's balance, England, 1831-1870

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A655364/3
type:
pan - scale component
Glass weighing pan

Glass weighing pan

Part of a glass weighing pan, from an apothecary's balance, England, 1831-1870

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A655364/4
type:
pan - scale component