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Scales and Cup Weights in Case, by Mary De Grave, London, c. 1800

Inventory Number 44899


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.44899

Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
"Mary De Grave Widow and Successor to the Late Chas De Grave Scale Maker to His Majesty, No 59 St Martin Le Grand...Aldersgate...".
Physical material
Steel
brass and bronze
Object type
Weight
Dimensions
Diameter: 155mm
Inventory No
44899
Accession Number
1944-13

Description

A steel beam with a pointer and pivoting marker. The copper alloy scale-pans are suspended by green cord from the two ends of the beam. There is also a nest of seven bronze weights. Housed in a hinged oak case.