Object Details
- John Peter Poppenberg
- Description (Brief)
- Hand-held coin balance with an iron beam, and pans and weights of brass. There are 18 square-tapered weights and 8 fraction weights, housed in a hinged wooden case. The set was made in Germany by John Peter Poppenberg, and dated 1780.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ca 1780
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0897
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 985
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0897
- Object Name
- scale
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- iron (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 7 3/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 18.288 cm x 9.525 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_994336
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-74bd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
