Letter scales
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood; brass
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Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1274953
Summary
A set of brass letter scales (A), with a circular tray for the weights and an oblong tray for the letter, on a wooden base with a burr walnut veneer top and four bun feet. The letter tray is stamped with the postal rates for letters of 4 to 16 oz. Six plated brass weights are set in recesses in the base, stamped: 8 OZ (B and C); 4 OZ (D); 2 OZ (E); 1 OZ (F); 1/2 OZ (G).