Balance
date: label: date made
content: eighteenth century
notes: label: Description
content: Brass hand balance with index and seven square weights. A hand-written paper in the lid of the rectangular wooden box provides information about substances and scruples.
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Florence S. Auguste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.063379.01
label: accession number
content: 63379
label: catalog number
content: 306631
label: catalog number
content: 63379.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: scales, apothecary
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 6 7/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 9.2075 cm x 17.4625 cm x 13.97 cm