Toledo pendulum mercantile scale
Date1906-1915
Inventory NumberWJ0227
ClassificationScale [Weight]
Subject
Maker
Toledo Scale Corporation
1901 - 1989
User
Department of Psychology, Harvard University
founded 1934
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Place of Use
Dimensions71.2 x 60 x 42.5 cm (28 1/16 x 23 5/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
Material
Accessoriesbrass weight with steel parts sitting loose inside
DescriptionA heavy upright scale, resting on a t-shaped base, suitable for counter of a grocer or butcher. Has no springs, and weighs objects up to 30 lbs. The scale is metal, painted black, with scuffs and scratches overall.
In the front, the scale has a circular, flat, enamel platform on which to put objects to be weighed. The back of the scale, taller than the front, is topped by a cylindrical compartment with a rectangular window through which rotating cylinders display the weight. An inscription in yellow paint on the front of the cylinder reads, "GFS 849."
On the back of the scale is the inscription, "No Springs Honest Weight." Scale has a beam with cylindrical moveable weight along the side.
Scale includes a loose brass part with the inscription, "151429"
In the front, the scale has a circular, flat, enamel platform on which to put objects to be weighed. The back of the scale, taller than the front, is topped by a cylindrical compartment with a rectangular window through which rotating cylinders display the weight. An inscription in yellow paint on the front of the cylinder reads, "GFS 849."
On the back of the scale is the inscription, "No Springs Honest Weight." Scale has a beam with cylindrical moveable weight along the side.
Scale includes a loose brass part with the inscription, "151429"
Signedunsigned
Inscribedstencilled in white paint on cast iron: CFS 849;
printed under glass: NO-SPRINGS [window] HONEST-WEIGHT
Curatorial RemarksScale seems to be the type produced by Toledo Scale Corporation, of Toledo, Ohio. Toledo Scale Corporation used the phrase "No Springs Honest Weight" for their scales.
FunctionScale for weighing.
ProvenanceDepartment of Psychology, Harvard University.
Toledo Scale Corporation
Date: early 20th-mid 20th Century
Object number: 1998-1-0882
R. & J. Beck
Date: 1876
Accessories: oculars (2) in microscope; Darker's selenite retarding filters (3); wheel diaphragm; mechanical rotary stage; stage slider. Other accessories are in the case (1122b), including monocular draw tube; oculars (3); objectives in cans (5); empty can; Lieberkühn; polarizing set; slides; camera lucidas (2); etc.; plus a Beck patent substage condenser (1122c); and apertometer (1122d).
Object number: 1122a
Landers, Frary & Clark
Date: mid 19th-mid 20th Century
Accessories: large wooden box (996-1-0072a) used to contain all objects in series
Object number: 1996-1-0072b
Ducretet et Lejeune
Date: 1892-1896
Object number: DW0089
Gerber Scientific Inc.
Date: circa 1950
Accessories: instruction booklet (with instrument); light brown leatherette case with brown velvet lining; six sheets of graph paper
Object number: 2003-1-0234
Fabre et Cie
Date: circa 1856
Object number: 5469
Gottlieb Coradi
Date: 1903
Accessories: carrying case
Object number: 1997-1-0247
Anthony Wilkinson
Date: circa 1790
Accessories: locking instrument case, attached to instrument
Object number: DW0989
Gottlieb Coradi
Date: 1907
Accessories: carrying case
Object number: 1997-1-0250
