Hanging scale
Hanging scale
Name/Title
Hanging scaleEntry/Object ID
2025.1.178Description
Brass weighing scale. The pointer indicator remains upright. The scale measures weights from 1/2 oz to 2 oz. Stamped with the makers mark: J Cooke & Sons/ Makers London.Context
Overtime there have been many different ways of weighing items - springs, counterbalancing, weights, levers and beams. As the necessity of greater accuracy was required so has the sophistication of scales. This scale is a pendulum scale, made circa 1865.Category
Business