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Doctors in the early days of the 20th century stood ready to perform house calls at a moment’s notice to treat a sick patient. They often carried traveling apothecary scales to weigh medicines and ingredients for medical treatments. This Antique Early 1900s "N.Y. City Approved" Traveling Apothecary Scale is in Good Condition, with some scattered scratching, darkening, and edge nicking to the wooden case, a few of the inset weights inside remaining fixed and unable to be removed from their crevasses, some chipping to one set of conjoined wood cutouts in the underside of the lid, and with some overall age wear evident. Most interestingly, it boasts the classic nickel pocket scales with brass base, sports a variety of pennyweights and other units of measurement inside, and features a fully functional press button locking latch at the front of the 9” x 4” wood case, along with the serial number plate pinned to the back of the case, which reads “N.Y. CITY / APPROVED TYPE 17 / SERIAL U-3”. A fine example of a rare, original Antique Early 1900s "N.Y. City Approved" Traveling Apothecary Scale.