Beam Balance
date: label: date made
content: 1780 - 1820
notes: label: Description
content: Equal-arm beam balance with a rectangular suspension clevis having a swivel hook and lower clevis with tiered drops, tapered square-section pointer topped by a ball finial, and flat, tapered arms terminating in pierced crook ends. Underside peaked at fulcrum. Overall red paint decoration, including stylized flowers or sunbursts and squiggles on both sides of arms. Beam only; no hooks or pans. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388279
label: catalog number
content: 388279
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: beam balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 28 1/4 in x 7 5/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 71.755 cm x 19.3675 cm