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Other Name |
Stacked Volume Measures |
Object Name |
Scale, Apothecary |
Description |
Cast iron pot with lid and lock. Missing the smaller set of nested measures. 19th century for sure, but could be a lot older. 17th century, an exact photo example found in a German book on the history of pharmacy, but no further information found. |
Catalog Number |
2018.0.357 |
Place of Origin |
Germany |
Material |
Cast Iron |
Portion Remaining |
Outer Pot, possibly once had 6-7 inner measures |
Label |
Numbers cast into cast iron. "1880, 1870, 786, 85, 1871, 1872, 1873,1877, 782, 1876," in no particular order. On bottom, "1841, 1850, 1842, 1859, 77." Numbers might possibly be inspection dates or serial numbers from an inspection. |