Steelyard
W. Avery
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Lead, Paint, Steel
Measurements
93 mm (Width); 720 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338313
Summary
Steelyard engraved '250 W. & T. Avery'. 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 and embossed '5'. There are four different scales on the sides of the beam marked 4 to 18, 7 to 70, 1 to 5 stone and 60 to 240.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
W. Avery