Balance
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COUNTER/COMMERCIAL/4 LB
- DATE
- 1920–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0140.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FLETCHER MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 012
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- MARBLE STAND; IRON BASE; NON-FERROUS BEAM, POISE, SCALE, PILLARS, PANS, SUPPORTS, AND DECORATIVE SPHIXES; RUBBER HOLDERS FOR SCOOP
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 58.5 cm
- Width
- 19.0 cm
- Height
- 33.0 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
- FLETCHER
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY THE 1920S AND 1930S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A BALANCE MADE AND USED IN CANADA IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20THC - Function
-
USED TO DETERMINE THE WEIGHT OF GOODS SOLD IN A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT. ONE PAN IS A SCOOP SO WOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO WEIGH DRY GOODS SUCH AS BEANS OR FLOUR. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 ENGRAVED ON FRONT BEAM: 'FLETCHER MFG. CO./ TORONTO' '012'/ SCALE MARKED '0' TO '16' [INFOURTHS]/ 4 lb'/.2 NO MARKINGS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- GREY MARBLE STAND; BASE BLACK GLOSS PAINT ON BOTTOM SECTION AND WHITE GLOSS PAINT ON TOP SECTION; SPHINX PAINTED GOLD SITTING ON BLACK GLOSS BASES; METAL MECHANICAL PARTS AND SCOOP LACQUERED
- Decoration
- SPHINX STATUE ON OTHER SIDE OF BALANCE MOUNTED ON MARBLE PLATFORM
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FLETCHER MFG. CO., Balance, circa 1920–1930, Artifact no. 1997.0140, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0140.001/
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