Brass balance with weights in tin box, 18th century?
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- Artifact-box 228, Item hwilba0092
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Brown tin box is painted orange inside. Contains provenance note, which gives the orginal owner as the Jones Family in New Britain, Connecticut, and dates its use back to 1740.
- Acquisition information:
- Received from: George D. Wilbanks, MD and Evelyn R. Wilbanks, PhD
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