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Hand-painted Pinchbeck
Europe
factory unknown, circa 1845-55
Diameter: 8.5 cm (3 5/16 inches)
(702347)

Pinchbeck weight with alabaster base; gold alloy; hand-painted scene, "Joseph Sold into Slavery;" dome cut with triangular facets and five-sided printies

Photo by Marlin Roos, Illinois State Museum

<B>Hand-painted Pinchbeck<BR>Europe<BR>factory unknown, circa 1845-55</B><BR>Diameter: 8.5 cm (3 5/16 inches)<BR>(702347)<BR><BR>Pinchbeck weight with alabaster base; gold alloy; hand-painted scene, &quotJoseph Sold into Slavery;" dome cut with triangular facets and five-sided printies
     
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