BEAUTIFUL COMPLETE LEATHER CASED 'FINE APOTHECARY SCALE" CRAB CLAW CLASP c1800

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RITTENHOUSE SQUARE PHILADELPHIA PHYSICIAN ESTATE.
OFFERING FOR AUCTION THIS VERY EARLY LEATHER CASED APOTHECARY SCALE WITH WEIGHTS CIRCA 1800. THE SCALE HAS ORIGINAL PANS AND I BELIEVE THAT THE CORDS ARE ALSO ORIGINAL TO THE ITEM, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE IN IMMACULATE SHAPE....
THESE SCALES COULD BE AS EARLY AS COLONIAL PERIOD. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DATE PRECISELY.
THIS SCALE IS A GENUINE ANTIQUE ENGLISH OR AMERICAN MADE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY AN D UNEQUIVOCALLY NOT ONE OF THOSE COMMON MORE RECENT (I.E. MODERN) EXAMPLES OUT OF ASIA.
THE SCALES ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION OVERALL, AS IS THE CASE GIVEN ITS AGE.THE LEATHER IS INTACT AND THE TEXT "FINE APOTHECARY SCALES" IS STILL CLEARLY LEGIBLE IN PERIOD LETTERING.
THE BRASS SWING UP DOOR OPENS TO REVEAL A SMALL COLLECTION OF GRAM WEIGHTS. THE SMALLISH ALUMINUM DISC WEIGHTS ARE LATER TO THE SET.
A VERY FINE EXAMPLE.
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