Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
Date:
ca. 1802
Object Number:
1972.12ab
Medium:
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Gold scale and set of weights in original box
Object Number:
1942.81a-q
Date:
ca. 1849
Medium:
Brass, other metals, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 3.2 x 14.3 x 7.9 cm )
Marks:
printed in gold: on metal box lid: "MINERS' IMPROVED GOLD SCALE. / Manufactured expressly for California."
printed in black: on cardboard box lid: "ONE SET / BRASS . DRAM / Scruple and Grain / WEIGHTS"
stamped: on obverse of two largest weights: "2 / DR
Description:
Miners' gold scale made of brass, with shallow pans suspended on chains from balance bar; in oblong green painted metal box with rounded corners and hinged lid with gold printed eagle emblem and inscriptions; with set of thirteen rectangular metal weights in original cardboard box.
Credit Line:
George E. Stonebridge Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
