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Confederate Soldier’s Apothecary Pharmacy Scale (Mosby's Rangers)

$ 171.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Excellent antique condition with normal signs of wear and use constant with age. Please see photos for condition.
  • Featured Refinements: Antique Scale Weight
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1930
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days

    Description

    Civil War Apothocary Pharmacy Scale w/ Weights owned by Dr. Samuel J. Waggaman
    A fine example of a mid-1800s hanging pharmacy scale with various dram, grain and additional primitive
    brass and lead
    weights in a quarter sawn oak box.
    Dr. Samuel J. Waggaman (1843-1913) served in the Confederate Army (1861-1865) under John Mosby in the 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion, also known as Mosby's Rangers. Samuel Waggaman was one of the founders the National College of Pharmacy, a professor at Georgetown in Washington, D. C. and author of "A compendium of botanic materia medica for use of students in medicine and pharmacy" He was also was the husband of American writer/author Mary Theresa Waggaman.
    Please see our photos for additional description and condition.
    Please feel free to ask any questions that you may have.
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    Thank you for your interest.
    -C.O.A.