Beam scales
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
90 mm (Width); 830 mm (Length)
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 552121
Summary
Beam scales - Long ferrous metal stem balance attached to pivot. Pivot attached to rectangular frame with hooks at the top. At the top of the stem it is flattened out to a pointed leaf shape on either side of which is an arrow (stylised fleur de lys). These arrows are not directly opposite but staggared.
Provenance
Purchased as part of Geler Jones Collection in 1994.