Steelyard
T. Reynolds
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Lead, Paint, Steel
Measurements
56 mm (Width); 525 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338272
Summary
Steelyard engraved '122 T. Reynolds'. Shaft has shaped end. Two hooks on pivoting stirrups with fixed pointers, one each side of the beam, to hang the device. Two hooks on a stirrup which can pivot to either side of the beam to hold the item being weighed. One traveling hook for the weight, which is painted red. There is a different scale on each side of the beam - one marked from 1 to 25, the other from 25 to 120.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
T. Reynolds