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Small scale with weights in wooden box. Box has hinged lid with metal hook latch.
balances (scales)
wood (plant material)
metal
paper (fiber product)
Scale
Scale
"Total number of weights belonging with this / scale. 11. [illegible] - 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10. 20. 30. 40. 60 [illegible] / Combined weight 181 grains[?] / Don't lose any of them." (Written on lid interior.)
"J. N. Frye / Boston. / Mass." (handwritten)
"AI / 87" (handwritten)
Unknown
1 x 5 3/4 x 2 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Misses Catherine and Elizabeth Leach
1944.796
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