Weight, Balance
- Object Name:
- Weight, Balance
- Object ID:
- 1992.063.555
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Set of weights, probably used with pharmacy scale 1992.063.554. Rectangular wooden block with molded top edge. Top surface has graduated holes to hold 11 metal weights. Currently holds eight weights (the three smallest holes are empty). Adhered to back is a printed green paper seal issued by the New Hampshire Department of Weights and Measures.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - 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, Weights and measures
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