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Assay balance


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Inventory number: 16596
Inventory year: 1883
Collection: Payer, Anton
Object class: trading
Place of origin: Thailand
Material: brass, ivory, wood
Size: 36,2 x 9,0 x 3,0 cm (container),
length of scale beam: 32,5 cm
Conservational status: very good
Remarks: Similar objects in the museums inventory (No. 22064, 51836, 109841, 109842) originate from China and Singapore - therefore this balance seems to be of Chinese manufacturing
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