forceps
Date1850-1900
Inventory Number1997-1-1304
ClassificationAccessory
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions7.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm (2 15/16 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Material
DescriptionA small wood object consisting of two similar pieces of wood flat and straight on one end, then curving slightly and becoming concave around its long axis. The two pieces are bound together on their straight ends curving away from each other so that their concave ends face each other at a distance.
Signedunsigned
FunctionFor holding small objects, most likely weights for a balance.
Distillation Products Industries
Date: circa 1940
Object number: 1998-1-0034
Louis Jules Duboscq
Date: 1860-1880
Object number: 1996-1-0703b
Gottlieb Coradi
Date: circa 1920
Accessories: pieces of the front of black leather case with clasps; lid of case with paper data sheet; pieces of black leather case lined with green velvet
Object number: 2004-1-0345
G. Coradi
Date: circa 1911
Accessories: conversion table on white card in instrument case; instrument case
Object number: 1999-1-0068
Gebrüder Haff
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: case
Object number: 1997-1-0446
Gebrüder Haff
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: card with instrument info and conversion table; photocopy of letter from Dr. Joachim Fischer to William J.H. Andrewes, dated 12 May 1997; photocopy of extract from Dr. Joachim Fischer's inventory of integrating instruments included with the letter
Object number: 1997-1-0444
Gebrüder Haff
Date: circa 1940
Accessories: card with instrument information and conversion table
Object number: 1997-1-0445