Scale

Object/Artifact

-

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Scale

Entry/Object ID

GHS 1751

Description

Oval black painted turned iron case. Lid has brass hinge and is lined with off-white silk. Bottom lined with coarse tow (?ES) and hold 2 weights and scales with iron arm and coppoer (?ES) pans held on by dark brown linen (?ES) thread on on e side and grey on other.

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

England (?ES)

Dimensions

Height

1/2 in

Width

5 in

Depth

2-1/8 in

Material

Iron, Copper, Linen, Brass

Provenance

Notes

GHS Catalogue: Pocket scale for weighing gold coins, etc. (in tin oval case). Donated by Mr. P. Walter Burke of Wynnewood Pa, April 1959.