Balance
date: label: date made
content: nineteenth century
label: date made
content: 1830s
notes: label: Description
content: Mary Ann Creighton Pursell (1809-1897) received this brass hand balance at the time of her marriage in 1836. It has a 5.75-inch beam, index, 2.5-inch pans, and three square brass weights. The lid of the rectangular wooden case carries an image of an American eagle.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Weights & Measures
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the American Pharmaceutical Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-13058
label: catalog number
content: M-13058
label: catalog number
content: M-13058?
label: accession number
content: 321641
label: catalog number
content: 321641.029
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balance, Hand
label: Object Name
content: balance
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (string material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (weights material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (beam material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (hanger material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, bronze (pans(2) material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 6 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 17.145 cm x 8.255 cm