Postal scales
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass and wood
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 10311
Summary
A set of brass postal scales with a circular weighing plate on the left and rectangular weighing plate to the right. The frame is set on a rectangular wooden base out of which three circular incisions have been made for the placement of weights.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Marks and inscriptions
WARRANTED / ACCURATE (engraved lettering beneath rectangular plate, on main frame)