Object Details
- Poppenberg Brothers
- Description
- This hand-held coin balance was made by the Poppenberg Brothers in Germany. The beam is iron and the pans are brass. There are 21 square-tapered weights and 9 fraction weights housed inside the the wooden case with a hinged lid. The paper label on the interior of the lid is marked, in part, "DIED. PET. CASP. DIED. PET. CASP POPPENBERG / im Amt. Blankenstein bey Sprockhovel / Anno 1807."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 1807
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0896
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 984
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0896
- Object Name
- Balance
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- iron (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 7 5/16 in x 4 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 18.542 cm x 10.795 cm
- place made
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994335
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-73a1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
