Balance
National Museum of American History

Balance

Beach, T. · late eighteenth century

box: 6 cm x 29 cm x 15.6 cm; 2 3/8 in x 11 7/16 in x 6 1/8 in
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Small balance with a 9-inch iron beam—inscribed “T. BEACH” on one side, and “BEACH” on the other—and two brass pans 5 inches diameter. The whole is held in a rectangular oak box. Thomas Beach was a balance maker in Birmingham, England.

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