Weight collection
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2015.0606.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- An object comprised of metal material/Un objet fait avec des éléments en métal.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 15.7 cm
- Width
- 27.4 cm
- Height
- 3.3 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- This artifact was used both by the donor, and the donor's father as a display piece in their home between the 1960's and 2015.
- Canada
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The donor’s father was a dairy scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food for some 41 years. He collected old items related to dairying, and these items ended up with the donor upon his passing. He would go antique shopping in the Gananoque region of Ontario as well as trade some of his old clothing items. His exchanges were quite often for antique bottles found across the northern part of Leeds County. The donor further bolstered the collection with antiques from the eastern Townships in his quest to recreate a general store set in the 1890s in his basement in the Glebe neighborhood of Ottawa. Le père du donateur était un scientifique des produits laitiers qui travaillait pour le ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation de l'Ontario pour plus de 41 ans. Il a collectionné des artefacts qui correspondaient à son métier. Son fils a contribué à la collection en magasinant pour des antiques dans la région de Gananoque en Ontario. Il a aussi augmenté la collection en échangeant ces vêtements usagés contre des bouteilles antiques retrouvé au travers Leeds Compté. Le but de ces acquisitions était pour créer un magasin général situé dans les années 1890-s dans son sous-sol à Ottawa. Dernièrement le donateur a aussi amélioré la collection avec des objets qu'il a achetés qui appartenaient de la région des Cantons de L'Est. - Function
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A collection of counterwights used to help calculate the weight of objects placed inside a scale pan. Une collection de contrepoids utilisé pour calculer le poids de certains objets placé sur un plateau récipient. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On the front of the smallest or first weight/Sur le devant du premier ou le plus petit poids:"ACME/4OZ/STANDARD", On the front of the second weight/Sur le devant du deuxième poids:"8", On the front of the third weight/Sur le devant du troisième poids:"ACME/1 Lb/STANDARD", On the front of the fourth wight/Sur le devant du quatrième poids:ACME/2 Lb/STANDARD", On the front of the biggest weight/Sur le devant du plus gros poids:ACME/2 Lb/STANDARD",On the back of the 8oz weight/À l'arrière du poids de huit onces:"R/G", On the back the other four weights/À l'arrière des quatre autres poids:"[Crown symbol]/ACME/4,OZ,8OZ,1Lb,2Lb/STANDARD/V5R/A96".
- Missing
- Three of the four decorative wrought iron hooks are missing from the arms that hold the scale pan//Il manque cependant trois des quatre bouts des bras décoratifs fait en fer forgé qui sont responsables de retenir le plateau.
- Finish
- A set of five metal weights that are circular in shape and designed to be stacked one on top of the other. The weights have a raised circumference and raised markings inside of their border. Une collection de poids faits en métal et qui sont faits en forme circulaire. Ils sont conçus pour être empiler un par-dessus l'autre. La collection de poids a une circonférence soulevée ainsi qu'un lettrage soulevée à l'intérieur de leur bordure.
- Decoration
- N/A
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