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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLATFORM
- DATE
- 1900–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1325.001
- MANUFACTURER
- New Warren Scale Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 18331
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON; MARBLE BASE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 55.0 cm
- Width
- 52.0 cm
- Height
- 69.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Mass/weight
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- New Warren
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN FIRST HALF OF 20TH C
- Canada
-
THE SLAB OF GRANITE WAS MADE BY A MONTREAL MARBLE WORKS FIRM & COMBINED WITH THE SCALE. ORIGINAL OVERALL APPEARANCE INDICATES THAT IT PROBABLY WAS USED IN A STORE OF ABOVE AVERAGE QUALITY. [REF 1] - Function
-
USED TO COMPARE WEIGHT OF SUBSTANCE WITH WEIGHTS OF KNOWN QUANTITIY. PROBABLY USED IN A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT TO WEIGH CHEESE OR MEAT. TWO SCALES ARE MARKED (UPPER) 0 TO 15 & "TARE" AND (LOWER) 0 TO TO 50. - Technical
-
A TYPICAL PILLAR COUNTER SCALE WITH SOME DECORATIVE CASTINGS. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 INSET INTO PILLAR: 'WARREN'/ STAMPED IN BOTTOM BEAM: 'NEW WARREN SCALE CO./ MONTREAL'/ STAMPED ON TOP EDGE OF BOTTOM BEAM: 'NO. 18331'/ TOP SCALE ON BOTH SIDES: '0' TO '15' [IN ONES]/ BOTTOM SCALE ON BOTH SIDES: '0' TO '50' [IN TENS]/ TOP BEAM FRONT STAMPED 'TARE' 'GR [IN CROWN]' '22 11'/ BOTTOM BEAM FRONT STAMPED: '250 lb'/ STENCILLED ON BOTTOM OF MARBLE: 'I ROME/ ROBERT REID/ MARBLE & GRANITE WKS/ MONTREAL'/ MOLDED IN WEIGHTS:.2 '2 1/2/ lb/ 1C'/.3 '200/ 2 lbs'/.4 '50/ lb/ 3/4'/.5 '2/ 4 oz'/.6 NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE ALTHOUGH WEIGHTS MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL SET GOING BY STYLE OF NUMBERING [REF 1]/ MARBLE BASE BROKEN INTO 3 PARTS
- Finish
- BASE PAINTED MATTE BLACK; PILLARS AND BEAMS PAINTED GOLD; WHITE AND BLACK MARBLE
- Decoration
- ONE PILLAR HAS MANUFACTURER'S NAME MOLDED IN IT IN A FILIGREED DESIGN; OTHER PILLAR HAS DECORATIVE OPENINGS CUT INTO IT
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New Warren Scale Co., Scale, circa 1900–1925, Artifact no. 1995.1325, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1325.001/
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