Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2017.045.018 |
Object Name |
Scale, Spring |
Title |
Chatillon Improved Circular Spring Balance 15 lb. Scale |
Made |
Chatillon |
Place of Origin |
New York, New York, United States of America |
Description |
Brass-fronted CHATILLON'S IMPROVED CIRCULAR SPRING BALANCE TO WEIGH 15 LB BY 1/2 OUNCES, New York. "EACH 5 lb IS MARKED ON THE SLIDE / THE INTERMEDIATE WEIGHTS ON THE CIRCLE". The pointer was black-finished. The back side is overpainted with black. The top end has a closed thick wire circular loop for hanging the scale, and the bottom has a bent thick rod hook to hang a bag or pan from. It is an avoirdupois scale. |
Makers mark |
Impress-stamped on the brass front |
Provenance |
Manufactured by Chatillon in New York c. ____. The Hugh and Jeanette (Jane) McKay family farmed in the Annan/Leith area of Sydenham Township, Grey County. The McKay family farm was located about one mile north of Leith, at Lot 28, Concession A. One son, Donald Gordon (Doug) McKay, and his wife Olive (née Beattie), also farmed there in Sydenham Township, until 1940, when they moved to Derby Township to another farm (Lot 9, along Highway 21). The item was last kept by their daughter, Donna McKay-Mills of Owen Sound, Grey County. |
Collection |
Household Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Brass/Steel/Paint |
Dimensions |
H-39 W-10.8 D-3 cm |
Found |
Derby Township (formerly), Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
People |
McKay, Hugh McKay, Donald Gordon (Doug) McKay, Olive |
Subjects |
Weights & measures Scales Families |
Search Terms |
Sydenham Township |
Function |
It would be hung, and then a bag or sling or pan would be suspended from the bottom hook. It is designed for use by someone who needed to weigh quantities in 1/2 ounces. Light, portable scales which balance weight against the contraction of a steel coil spring. Used where accuracy was less important than simplicity of use. |