Steelyard
Avery and Son Ltd..
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Lead, Paint, Steel
Measurements
95 mm (Width); 790 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338310
Summary
Large steelyard stamped '10 weight 250lb. Avery class 3'. beam has shaped end. Lead plug in end of beam.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 painted red and embossed '8'. There is a different scale on each side of the beam - one marked from 1 to 70, the other from 60 to 250. In notebook no.7, page 14 (1340945.7) Charles Wade refers to: 'Kitchen no.261. 8 Steelyards of various sizes'.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Wery class 5-250lb
Makers and roles
Avery and Son Ltd.., maker
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 7 The Cottage, 1944, page 14