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LOT 1500

Victorian Pan Scales and Weights

1894-1897 A.D.

7 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (227 grams total, 20 x 9 cm).

A wooden box with hinged lid and gummed label, enclosing a weighing scale and two pans; weights in various denominations from two drachms down to two grams. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex London, UK, collection, 1960s.

Footnotes

The box bears the gummed label of W. & T. Avery Limited of Digbeth Birmingham. According to the company's records, it was incorporated as a 'limited company' in 1894, and moved from its original premises at Digbeth to its long-term base at the 'Soho Foundry' in 1897.

CONDITION

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LOT 1500

Victorian Pan Scales and Weights

Sold for (Inc. bp): £39

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