The bright (white) finish on many stillyards indicates that they were products of the whitesmith. This one was probably made in the first half of the nineteenth century in Boston. The maker's name is blurred and cannot be read. Courtesy Old Sturbridge Village.
Beam of a brass balance marked "J. Marden/Baltimore." When the point on the top of the beam was in a perfect vertical position, the weights on th e two pans were equally balanced. From the collection of H.J. Kauffman
