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
References
Events
Description
Although Robert Stewart Whipple purchased his first antique instrument in 1913, it was not until the 1920s that his collection really began to grow. This shoe measuring scale is one of the first hundred objects that Whipple acquired, and demonstrates the early development of his taste for historic scientific artefacts and books.
07/10/2025
Created by: Hannah Price on 07/10/2025
FM:43583
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