We have just been given two scales used for weighing cotton. They are what I think of as a steelyard, which would have been suspended from a hook. We also have some steel weights with hooks at the top, which may or may not have belonged with the scales – one is pear-shaped, the other a truncated cone. Any clues as to what I can call these things? Nomenclature, bless its heart, is not offering me a clue. We also have a pair of lineman’s spikes, used for climbing telephone poles. I can’t find a clue to those in Nomenclature, either. Any suggestions would be cheerfully and gratefully considered.
Thanks,
Anne
Anne T. Lane, Collections Manager
Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock Drive
Charlotte NC 28215
704-568-1774, ext 110
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