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Balance Scale

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1850-1900

GUSN

GUSN-59938

Description

Balance scale with a crude base and a rectangular shaft with a straight arm, one platform, and one scoop.

Details

Descriptive Terms

balances (scales)
Scale, Kitchen
Scale, Kitchen

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20 3/4 x 16 x 11 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.3501

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