Meat scale

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Meat scale

Entry/Object ID

VC.60.62 a-d

Description

Scales, meat, etc.; circular platform, with cross pieces and concentric circle attached by rings and open hook to chains (3), by which platform is suspended from rod; rod, of square section, marked with incised graduation lines, terminates in faceted knob, flattened, while other end bears 2 attachments with hooks, and hooked attachment for suspending scale platform; two weights, one faceted, with heavy hooks.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1700 - 1799 Date made: r. 1700 - 1799

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

Incised Scale graduation lines on rod.

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

VC.60.62 A-D
VC.60.62a-d

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Chains

Length

17 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 17 in. (43.2 cm)

Dimension Description

Platform Diameter

Diameter

10 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

Dimension Description

Rod

Height

26-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 26 1/4 in. (66.7 cm)

Dimension Description

Weight No.1

Length

8-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Dimension Description

Weight No.2

Length

5-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

Material

Iron Wrought

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Miscellaneous: Such meat scales said to be still in use in rural areas of the Southern United States. File folder missing 10/11/00 EHG

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Storeroom/Curatorial Storage