Money scales and case consisting of a rod from which two round disks hang, and six weights of various sizes. The whole is contained within an oval paperboard box covered in thin leather.
Use
Used to determine the value of coinage by weight
Context
Used by Hon. Samuel Mattocks, second State Treasurer of Vermont
Acquisition
Accession
1870.1
Source or Donor
Vermilye, Mrs. J.H.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Made/Created
Date made
1786 - 1800
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Balance
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Scale
Nomenclature Class
Weights & Measures T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
