Pocket scale

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Identifier: Country Doctor Museum

Rectangular brass and copper engraved box with rounded ends; hinge at back of lid; lid engraved with scene of two men and two women seated at table and another man walking toward one of the seated gentlemen; Germanic phrase at base of image and floral motif engraved at ends; copper body engraved with hunting scenes. Two round, scale pans on thread tied to metal bar inside box; metal point at fulcrum and tab for suspending balance, tassel tied to tab.more...

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Rectangular brass and copper engraved box with rounded ends; hinge at back of lid; lid engraved with scene of two men and two women seated at table and another man walking toward one of the seated gentlemen; Germanic phrase at base of image and floral motif engraved at ends; copper body engraved with hunting scenes. Two round, scale pans on thread tied to metal bar inside box; metal point at fulcrum and tab for suspending balance, tassel tied to tab.

Date
1851

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Country Doctor Museum

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