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    • Setting:
      Room XVIII
    • Maker:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      18th cent.
    • Materials:
      wood, copper, steel
    • Dimensions:
      1450x1940 mm
    • Inventory:
      1016
    • Scale (Inv. 1016)

A wooden upright supports a special unequal-arm balance. One end of the balance beam carries a wooden cage seating one person; the other end holds a brass pan for the weights. Provenance: Lorraine collections.