Balance
date: label: Date made
content: About 1750
notes: label: Description
content: Balance beam with sight-hole shears and a pointer. It is made of brass. The front arm of the shears is ornately cast with figures, curlicues, spider webs, etc. The cords that hold the pans are still attached to the ends of the beam. The pans are 3.1-inch diameter and deep.
label: Description
content: The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue says this is an embossed brass hand-scale decorated with figure symbolizing justice of pure rococo style, circa 1750.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0899
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06295
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 987
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 6 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 16.51 cm x 1.905 cm