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Title |
Folding balance |
Object # |
98.2.32.1 A |
Object Name |
Balance |
Date |
1900 circa |
Artist |
Unknown |
Description |
Folding balance, circa 1900 This small folding scale is made of brass, and consists of a balance arm on a pivot which has two pans suspended from the ends by three pieces of small chain. The pivot has a brass ring for holding the balance. The balance arm has a nail like point above the arm that indicates when the items being weighed are equal. A: Folding balance B-E: Weights |
Provenance |
Note: donor noted this item was acquired from a man named Johnson. He was an assayer in Ketchikan and had carried it in the Klondike while prospecting for gold. |
Material |
Brass |
Dimensions |
H-8.5 W-8.125 D-2.625 inches |
Dimension Details |
Old dimensions: 20.955 cm x 20.638 cm x 6.736 cm Portion: overall Fully Extended Whole/Part - WHOLE |
People |
Marshall, Margaret "Peg" Marshall, Andrew |
Search Terms |
Mining Weights and Measures Scale Balance |
Relation |
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Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums, KM 98.2.32.1 |