Money scales
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Iron, Mahogany, Velvet
Measurements
146 mm (Length)64 mm (W)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338233
Summary
Money scales. Cut from a solid mahogany box. Weight pens in box broken. Swan neck iron beam, brass pans. Weights marked 5 shillings, 1/2 (oz), both stamped TR (troy), both stamped W.H ewer of Founders Co, and one with lion passant of Goldsmith's Hall. One marked XX (20dwt) TR 3 DWT marked in roundels, 1 sovereign weight. Green velvet lining is a replacement.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.