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LOT 1774
Victorian Set of Balance Scales and Weights
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
9 x 5 1/2 in. (477 grams total, 23 x 14 cm including box).
In a velvet-lined wooden case with brass snap-hinges; balance arm with handle and gnomon, two dished pans on chains; stand with screw-thread to base; socket with brass cap and threaded central hole; steel tweezers; seven brass cup weights marked as 1GM, 2 x 2GM, 5GM, 2 x 10GM, 20 GM; plastic case with milligram weights: 500, 2 x 200, 100, 50, 2 x 20, 10, 5, 2 x 2. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1960s-1990s.
Late Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister.
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