Brass scales

Brass scales
Object information
Usage	Weighing potion ingredients
Owners	Hogwarts students

"Scales are used to precisely weigh potion ingredients."

— Description

Brass scales were tools used by wizards and witches to weigh quantities of potion ingredients. They were essential for Potions class, and are mandatory for all first year Hogwarts students.

Brass scales were not as precise as silver scales. Brass scales were sold at Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment for 3 galleons each.

History

During Harry Potter's first trip to Diagon Alley on 31 July 1991, Hagrid allowed him to pick out a nice set of scales, after stopping him from picking out a Gold Cauldron because the school Shopping List specified a Pewter Cauldron.

A set of brass scales were owned by a Gryffindor student while at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They left them behind after a Charms class with Professor Flitwick, and put up a notice on the Gryffindor pasteboard. Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger later found them and returned them, earning ten house points.

While Draco Malfoy was repairing the Vanishing Cabinet inside the Room of Requirement, Gregory Goyle, disguised as a little girl, dropped some brass scales, making a loud noise that alerted Malfoy not to come out.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
• Pottermore
• Hogwarts Legacy