Accession No

0046

Brief Description

shoe measuring scale, French (?)

Origin

France (?)

Maker

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, white metal); wood (ebony)

Dimensions

length contracted 228mm; breadth 17mm; thickness 20mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Paris in 06/1922.

Inscription

Description Notes

Shoe measuring scale consisting of 2 slotted scales which slide within each other. 2 folding brass stops, one fixed, one movable. Scale starts on one section, divided [0] - 16 numbered by 1 (apart from 1). It is continued on the other section divided 16 - 33 numbered by 1.

Condition good; complete

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