Weight, Balance
- Object Name:
- Weight, Balance
- Object ID:
- 1963.016
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Brass weights, set of four. For silversmith's scale 1963.015, used by William B. Durgin, mid-19th century. Four nested cup-shaped weights with conical bodies. Largest weight appears to be two pieces now fused together. Rim of largest weight is stamped "64 OZ C M TROY" on outer piece and "32 [OZ] TROY" on inner piece. Third largest weight is stamped "20" on rim. Other two weights are unmarked.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-3.4 Dia-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor was apprenticed to Durgin in 1894, and saved this scale and weights.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Clarence Kemp
- Subjects:
- Weights and measures, Silversmiths
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