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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Scale
Object Number
2014-13-3
Description
Early twentieth century Landers, Frary and Clark kitchen scale. Metal body painted black. "COLUMBIA FAMILY SCALE" stenciled in gold on sides of body. Circular weight measurement face on front. Center of face painted white with black numbers. "COLUMBIA FAMILY SCALE/ 24 POUNDS BY OZS/ WARRANTED/ LANDER'S, FRARY & CLARK/ NEW BRITAIN, CONN. U.S.A" in center of face with a black indicator hand. Outside of face trimmed with a gold and black decorative border. Circular plate to set item for weighing on top.
Provenance
Used by generations of the Farnham family in the kitchen of their farmhouse in Morris, Connecticut. Morris was settled in the 1720s and organized as the South Farms parish of Litchfield in 1767. It was incorporated as a separate town in 1859 and named for James Morris (1752-1820), a Revolutionary War soldier who opened an academy in town in 1790. The Farnham Farm has been in the family since 1735.
Category
Dimensions
Height 9.25"; Width 5.5"; Depth 7"
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