Balance
Scale with marble platform.
- Accession Number 1992.04
- Fabricant / Éditeur Fairbanks
- Period 3rd quarter of the 19th century
- Materials metal, iron, paint, stone, marble
- Measurements 68 x 54 x 53 cm
Historical context
This platform scale was manufactured at the end of the 19th century and is used by retailers such as general stores for weighing food and other items. It has the advantage of being more stable than platform scales.
It is manufactured in the United States by the Fairbanks company. Fairbanks Scale is an American company based in St Johnsbury, Vermont. Founded in the 1820s, it was born of the desire to weigh agricultural products tran...
- Accession Number 1992.04
- Fabricant / Éditeur Fairbanks
- Period 3rd quarter of the 19th century
- Materials metal, iron, paint, stone, marble
- Measurements 68 x 54 x 53 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, 1992.004
Photo by Luc Bouvrette
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