apothecary equal-arm beam scale
Date: mid 19th Century
Inventory Number: 1998-1-0041
Classification: Balance
Dimensions:balance: 19 × 15 × 4.7 cm (7 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
case: 3.2 × 14.8 × 6 cm (1 1/4 × 5 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Accessories: wooden, hinged box with hook closures and carved spaces for balance and weights; mall square weights in inner compartment of case; circular weights missing.
Description:
An apothacary's balance, consisting of a metal support from which hangs a metal beam. Two brass pans hang by three strings attached to "s" hooks on either end of the beam.