Scale, Balance
- Object Name:
- Scale, Balance
- Object ID:
- 2005.042.02
- Creator:
- Ford, Richard
- Place of Origin:
- Birmingham, England
- Date:
- 1775-1800
- Description:
- Brass scale owned by Gordon Hutchins (1733-1815), Concord, NH. In wooden box. Made by Richard Ford, Birmingham, England. Rectangular box with hinged cover. Printed paper label adhered to interior of cover: "RICHD. FORD / Patent Scale / MAKER / NO 27 / Charles Street / Birmingham." Box contains hanging scale with steel beam and two brass pans, each 1.8" diam.; ten circular brass weights, each marked with the corresponding coin value; one other circular brass weight; one rectangular brass weight; two squares of sheet brass; and one iron nail. Bottom interior of box covered with worn green woven fabric. Ink inscription on back of box.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-1.1 W-5.9 D-2.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Descended in the Hutchins family to the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John B. Hills
- People:
- Hutchins, Gordon (1733-1815)
- Subjects:
- Scales, Weights measures
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