Balance
- Object Name:
- Balance
- Object ID:
- 1993.039.18.02
- Date:
- 1865-1875
- Description:
- Balance, tortoise shell and brass, in wood box. (NHMS 40)
1. Box. Pine wood. Sliding metal latch.
2. Balance beam. Brass. Central hook for handing. Pointed arrow. Tortoise shell
dishes (one cracked) held to beam by three green strings each. "40" scratched into each
dish. Beam 5.75" long. Dishes 2.6" diameter. - Material:
- Skeletal
Metal
Wood
Brass
Pine
Tortoise shell - Dimensions:
- H-1 W-3.4 L-6.9 inches
- Provenance:
- From the object collection of the New Hampshire Medical Society, including medicine bottles, doctor's kits, and other medical equipment used in New Hampshire, 18th through 20th century.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of New Hampshire Medical Society
- Subjects:
- Medical equipment & supplies, Measures, Scales
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