Weight
Partridge and Cooper
Category
Metalwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Wood
Measurements
95 mm (Height) x 118 mm (Depth); 216 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Fleet Street
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 883727.2
Summary
One of 5 weights for a brass letter scales/balance on rectangular wooden base which has indentations for five weights, 4 oz, 2 oz, 1 oz, 1/2 oz and 1/4 oz. Weights all there but in 2001 1/4 oz weight taken from scales in Drawing Room Annexe as not part of that set. Postage details on letter pan.
Provenance
unknown, but mentioned in the 1979 inventory, so possibly acquired on transfer of the house to the National Trust.
Marks and inscriptions
(on pan) INLAND LETTER POST/NOT EXCEEDING 4OZS. 1D./INDIA AND COLONIES/(WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS)/1D PER 1/2 OZ./POSTAL UNION 2 1/2 D. PER 15 GR/ PARTRIDGE AND COOPER/192, FLEET ST.
Makers and roles
Partridge and Cooper