Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Hand-held coin balance with an iron beam, and pans and weights of brass. There are 18 square-tapered weights and 8 fraction weights, housed in a hinged wooden case. The set was made in Germany by John Peter Poppenberg, and dated 1780.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- John Peter Poppenberg
- date made
- ca 1780
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- iron (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 in x 7 3/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 18.288 cm x 9.525 cm
- Object Name
- scale
