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Busselton Historical Society > Records

Analytical Balance Scales

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HL Becker, Fils & Co

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Weights & Balances

Overview

Set of brass analytic balance scales on a wooden base. The wooden base is mounted on fur adjustable brass feet. A small Bakelite HL Becker label is attached to the base of the vertical beam. The top horizontal beam is missing as are the weights and brass weighing plates.

Historical information

Henry Louis Becker was born in the Netherlands in 1848, the son of German balance maker Christopher Becker and Louisa Manus. When his father emigrated to the States in 1858 Henry remained in the Netherlands where he and his brother Julius established Becker's Sons in Rotterdam and Delft, Holland and H.L. Becker Fils in Brussels, Belgium

The label indicates on these scales states they were made in "Bruxelles en France" . These scales could have been made in the late 19th century.

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Registration number

cwa-org-124-2024.192

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Inscriptions and markings

On the small cream bakelite label attached to the base of the vertical beam appears

H.L BECKER FILS & Co, BRUXELLES
EN FRANCE HENRY-LOUIS BECKER

Contextual Information

These scales were used by Sunnywest / Masters at their Boyanup factory that produced butter and powdered milk.

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Place made

Bruxelles
France

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Parent records

ROOM 1.18 The Dairy Room

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