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)
9/17/1711-1784

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

Text available soon.

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.