Box, scale, and weights (Scale)

Museum Object Number 1959.0899 A- G

Object Name

Box, scale, and weights (Scale)

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Joseph Richardson Sr. (Merchant/importer)

Date of Birth

9/17/1711

Date of Death

1784

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Previous catalogued as made by Joseph Richardson, Sr., but he imported scales and weights and then calibrated them. [See: Fennimore, Metalwork in Early Ameria, p. 280]

Date

1774

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Underside of lid; "A TABLE of the VA-/LUE and WEIGHT of/ COINS, as th[ ]y now/ pass in PENNSYLVANIA." printed above and "Gold Scales and Weights,/ Sold by/ JOSEPH RICHARDSON,/ Goldsmith in/ PHILADELPHIA.", below a coin currency table
2. Mark; On vial; "JGR", "820" and "JACKSON 3", branded
3. Mark; On weight stamped with five circles; Lion passant, stamped

Materials

Oak, white; Brass; Paper; Iron; Ink; Pewter; Cord; Cotton

Dimensions (inches)

1.374 (H) , 7.063 (W) , 3.252 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.49 (H) , 17.94 (W) , 8.26 (D)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: Fig. 177, p. 280.
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on the maker and examples of marks, pp. 356-357.
[Book] Fales, Martha Gandy. 1974 Joseph Richardson and Family: Philadelphia Silversmiths.
• Information on the Richardson family of Philadelphia.