Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Prescription scale in box
Object Number:
1952.18
Date:
1730-1760
Medium:
Oak, metal, thread
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/4 x 8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 20.3 x 9.5 cm )
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper affixed to inside of lid: "23 grains [&?] a third / is one penny weight"
handwritten in ink: on paper affixed to inside of lid: "Soda powders / In weight / 28 grains Soda / 21 ditto Tataric Acid / In measure / 1 thimblefull S
Description:
Metal prescription scale with two shallow circular pans attached to balance bar with thread; in rectangular oak box with snipe-hinged lid decorated with half-circles inscribed within a rectangle; with ten weights of various sizes and metal tag with etched initials inside box, and four paper labels with handwritten inscriptions pasted to inside of lid.
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, these scales were once owned by the donors' great-great-great-grandfather Nicholas Bayard (1698-1765).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Margaret Bayard Baldwin and Miss Elizabeth Rutgers Baldwin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
