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DateEarly 1700s

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Scales
Ink
Brass
Paper
Oak
England

Dimensions2.54 × 7.61 × 15.23 cm (1 × 3 × 6 in.)

MarkingsLabel on lid: "Dea. John White, 1750-1830".

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Richard F. (Fay) Barrett and Mr. Richard R. Barrett (1917)

Object numberPER0718

DescriptionOak case, brass weights. Dark wooden case is plain except for very visible grain and double heart design impressed in lid, which is fastened to box by means of cotter pins. Simple hook fastening. Inside lid is pasted a prnted table of weights and currency, and a printed money table including a table of the American Standard of Money,

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