Weight, Balance
- Object Name:
- Weight, Balance
- Object ID:
- 1991.045.16
- Creator:
- Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Providence, RI
- Date:
- 1920-1950
- Description:
- Wooden box containing weights for cloth scale (.15). Hinged cover with decal on top: "BROWN & SHARPE MFG. CO. / Providence, R.I., U.S.A." Contains complete set of 10 circular steel weights, 20-3000 grains.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-1.625 W-3.25 D-2.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Philias Napoleon Dubuc (1894-1959) was born in Franklin, NH, and grew up in Pittsfield, NH. He served in France during WWI, then worked in New England textile mills. During WWII, he was a government inspector of textiles, and also designed textiles, including some patterns incorporating his name (.24).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Madeline Dubuc Hammond and Muriel Dubuc Lynch
- People:
- Dubuc, Philias N. (1894-1959)
- Subjects:
- Weights, Scales, Textile industry
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