Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This is an early eighteenth century hand-held coin balance in a wooden box. It has a 5-inch iron beam, and 1.6-inch brass pans. The interior lid of the box has a paper label which lists the weights of gold and silver coins of various European countries. The box has recesses for a nested weight set and some fraction weights. The weights are missing.
- Description
- Coin balance with 5-inch iron beam, index, and 1.6-inch brass pans. The paper label reads "TABLE des Monnaies d'or et d'argent qui ont cours dans les differens Etats / de l'Europe, avec la designation de leur poids."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0898
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 986
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0898
- Object Name
- Balance
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- iron (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 2 in; 1.5875 cm x 17.145 cm x 5.08 cm
- 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_994337
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-833b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
