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Postal Scale

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1875-1899

GUSN

GUSN-72585

Description

Hanging; rectangular, sprng action, sliding scale; wire rack

Details

Descriptive Terms

scales (weighing devices)
casting (process)
iron (metal)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
Tin
Iron
Slip Cast
Painted
SCALE, POSTAL

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Chatillon's (Manufacturer)

Dimensions

9 x 2.125 x 1.375 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3124

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