Apothecary's beam and pan scale
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1860
Materials
Metal, Cord
Measurements
260 x 230 x 72 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525101.1
Summary
Apothecary's beam and pan scale with steel beam and brass pans which are attached with green cord. Remnants of red cord on metal loop at top.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.