Baby scales
Avery and Son Ltd..
Category
Childcare objects
Date
circa 1950 - circa 1959
Materials
Painted metal
Measurements
30 mm (height); 65 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671248.2.2
Summary
One of three of a set of weights to be used with the baby scales. The weight is labelled '10lb' and is made of metal painted green.
Provenance
Purchased in the 1950s, these scales were used in the practice and baby clinic of Doctors Esther and Bernard Barnett in Sparkhill, Birmingham until 1986. The scales were donated to the Museum of Childhood by Roger Lambert in November 2010.
Makers and roles
Avery and Son Ltd.., manufacturer