Scale, Balance
- Object Name:
- Scale, Balance
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.553
- Creator:
- Troemner, Henry
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Brass scale, from a pharmacy. Cylindrical post with ring turnings and flared base; vertical rod on top, with spherical finial. Removable balance arm, each side stamped "H. TROEMNER / PHILA"; ornate vertical pointer on top. Two removable pans with curved heavy brass wire supports.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-29.5 W-31 D-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood
- Subjects:
- Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Drugstores, Scales, Weights and measures
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