Below Stairs of Hungerford Scales

Product Sections

All our stock is old, original, in excellent order and ready for use. We carry no modern or reproductions. We welcome your telephone calls +44 (0)1488 682317 or by email to hofgartner@belowstairs.co.uk for further information on any of the catalogue items or your other requirements or if you have any difficulties ordering through our system.

Online Catalogue > Scales


	Grocers Beam Scales S200 Set of original, quality, late 19th century, grocers' or butchers' counter scales, with a circular ceramic slab and a stack of circular brass weights. These scales have a brass column mounted on a shaped cast iron base and a brass cross beam suspended within a decorative cast iron frame. The beam has a cast brass pan suspended on linked rods from one end, and a brass framework holding the ceramic slab to the other. The top iron frame has the original gold and black paintwork, the brass beam is impressed "Class B" and "To Weigh 7lbs". The ceramic slab has a transfer decoration of a figure with a set of hanging scales and the brass pan for the weights has a brass pear shaped counter balance weight filled with lead shot to enable the scales to be correctly balanced. The central brass column has a few minor dents, but otherwise all is complete and in good and working order. All the brass is polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required to no extra cost. The stack of nine weights are graduated in size from 4lb to 1/4oz and are calibrated as standard for this type of scale and are also polished and lacquered, although the lacquer again can be removed if required. A superb set of scales and weights in great condition. 32.25" tall x 25" widest + 11.5" front to back, ceramic slab 10.5" diameter, stack of weights 4.5" x 3.5" tall. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £650.00


Salters Pocket Balance S199 Original, quality, pre-war, brass faced spring balance to weigh up to 50lb. This example has a tin body, a wrought iron ring to the top and a wrought iron hook below. The face is detailed "Salter's Pocket Balance", "Made in England", "No 3, to Weigh to 50lb" and is calibrated in 1lbs. All has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. Brass face 5.5" x 1.5", total 11" x 1.5" x 0.75". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £23.00


	Base Coin Detector S198 Original, quality, brass plate, with slots for nine different sized coins patented in 1853. This brass plate was fitted into grooves on a mahogany box which stood on the shop counter. It's purpose was to test coins for counterfeits, a coin was placed in the relative slot and if correct in weight and size, it depressed the rocker balance below the slot and fell into the drawer below, faulty coins would not go through the slot or stayed in the slot. The slots on this example, each with its own rocker balance, are marked "Sixpence, Fourpence, Threepence, Half Sovereign, Sovereign, Shilling, Florin, Half Crown and Crown". The brass top plate has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. A most unusual coin scale / detector, complete and in good and working order. Box 6.5" x 4.25" x 3.75" tall, brass face 6" x 4". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £300.00


Scale with Ceramic Slab and Set of Weights S197 Original, quality, grocers' or butchers', cast iron counter scale, with the original rectangular shaped off white ceramic slab, and a full set of six circular cast iron weights- 2lb to 1oz. This example has brass end caps marked with the registration number for the year 1910 and a ceramic slab transfer printed with a picture of the scales of justice. Cleaned and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. Complete and in good and working order. Slab 8.25" x 7" x 1.5", total 13" x 7.25" x 8.25" tall, weights 3.5" x 4" tall. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £165.00


	Salters No 50 Family Scale S196 Original, quality cast iron scale, circa 1900, with a brass face and a circular lift off tin pan. The face is marked "Class II Salters Improved Family Scale No 50" and "Silvester's Patent, to weigh 14lb calibrated in 1oz". The central needle can be adjusted, all has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. Base diameter 6.75", total height 12.75" tall including pan + pan 9.5" x 2.75". Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £145.00


Salters 60T Trade Balance S195 Original, quality 1920's, brass faced trade balance, with the original pressed tin pan and wrought iron hook and chains. This large spring balance is calibrated to weigh up to 40lb in 2oz and the face is detailed "No 60T Salter's Trade Balance", "British Made" and "each 20lb is marked on the slide, the intermediate weights on the circle". This side has retained a clear lead seal and stamp. All has been fully overhauled, the brass polished and lacquered and ironwork cleaned and lacquered. A useful scale in superb order. Scale main body 13" x 7" x 2", pan 11" x 1.25", total length 35" including hanging ring. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £165.00


	Salters Spring Balance S194 Original, quality, late 19th century, cast iron hanging scale, with a circular brass face, a wrought iron hanging ring to the top, and a wrought iron hook underneath. The brass dial is calibrated in ounces to 220lb and is detailed "Class III Salters Spring Balance", "To Weigh 200lb", "Silvester Patent" and with the arrow through the knotted rope logo. All has been fully overhauled, polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. Complete and in good and working order. Dial 5.25" diameter, total length 16" x 1.25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Avery Confectionery Scales and Weights S193 Original, quality, set of late 19th century, cast iron confectionery scales, with brass pans and mounts and a full stack of circular brass weights. The scales are embossed to the top surface for the manufacturer "W & T Avery Ltd", "To Weigh 4lb" and the weights from 2lb down to 1/4oz are each stamped accordingly and with the exception of the 4oz weight, all are either "Avery Ltd" or "Avery". The circular pan for the weights is fixed to the scale, but the shaped scoop is loose fitting and can be lifted off for use. This scale also has a decorated, protective frame surrounding the central pointer. All has been cleaned, polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. Fully overhauled and complete and in good and working order. Scale 15" wide x 9.25" front to back x 9.25" tall, stack of weights 3.5" diameter x 3" tall. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £230.00


	Salters No 85 Trade Balance S190 Original, quality 1920's, larger than average 'Salters' brass faced spring trade balance, with a circular brass dial and a cast iron body, a wrought iron 'S' hook to the top and one beneath. The dial is calibrated in "Stones" and "Pounds" in 1lb up to 280lbs and is detailed "Salters No 85 Spring Balance, Made in England" and with the knotted rope trade mark. The ironwork has been cleaned and the brass polished. All has been lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost and is complete and in good and working order. An unusual example and in super condition. Dial 14" diameter, total 29" x 14" + 2" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £185.00


Mancur Scale S189 Original, quality, 19th Century, blacksmith made, wrought iron mancur scale with a crescent shaped brass dial, calibrated on both sides. These scales were used to weigh wool in sacks, after shearing the sheep. The small hook and suspension ring are used to weigh from 20lb up to 35lb in 5lb divisions and the larger hook and ring would weigh from 20lb to 300lb in 20lb divisions. All has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. 12" x 4" x 1" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £135.00


	Confectionery Scale and Weights S187 Original, quality, late 19th century, cast iron confectionery scale and weights, as used in sweet shops. This set has the original brass scoop and pan, both stamped "39" to the underside and a stack of seven circular brass weights 1lb to 1/4oz. A pretty set of scales, fully overhauled, cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. Base 11" x 4.5", total 14.5" x 7" x 7" tall. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £230.00


Salters Spring Balance S185 Original, quality, circa 1900, circular cast iron spring balance with a brass dial, a wrought iron ring to the top for hanging and a wrought iron hook beneath. This example is calibrated to weigh up to 50lb in 2oz sections and is detailed "Salter's Spring Balance, British Made, Silvester Patent to Weigh 50lb" and with the knotted rope trade mark. All has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. The lower hook is probably not original. Dial 5.5" diameter, body x total length 16" and 1.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


	Salters Family Scale S183 Original, quality cast iron scale, circa 1900, with a brass face and a circular lift off tin pan. The face is marked "Class II Salters Improved Family Scale No 50" and "Silvester's Patent, to weigh 14lb calibrated in 1oz". The central needle can be adjusted and all has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. Base diameter 6.75", total height 12.75" tall including pan + pan 9.5" x 2.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £145.00


Brass Bankers Scales S182 Original, quality, post war, cast brass beam scale as used by bankers or jewellers to weigh troy ounces. These scales are operated by pressing the front lever down to raise up the pans for weighing. The pair of matching pans are suspended on chains and the top beam is impressed "Class B" and "To Weigh 50oz Troy". All has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer can be removed if required at no extra cost and is complete and in good and working order. 19.5" widest x 19.5" tall + 12" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £185.00


	Avery Confectionery Scales S180 Original, quality set of 1940's, cast iron sweet shop counter scales, with the original brass scoop and pan and a stack of old circular brass weights.This scale is in the original golden coloured paintwork and is embossed "Avery" for the manufacturer and "To Weigh 2lb, Made in England". The stack of weights are of the correct graduated sizes from 1lb down to 1/4oz. The brass has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed if required at no extra cost. A super clean set of scales, fully overhauled and complete and in good and working order. Base 12" x 3.5", total 15" x 9" x 8.5" tall. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £145.00


Salters Spring Balance S178 Original, quality 1920's, cast iron spring balance with a brass face calibrated to weigh 400lbs in 1lb divisions. The lower 'S' hook has a swivel action and the top of the scale has a suspension ring. The face is detailed "Salters Spring Balance, Silvesters Patent, Made in England and to weigh 400lb by 1lb" and has the knotted rope with an arrow through, trademark. All cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. 25.5" long x 10.75" wide + 2" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Salters No. 20T Trade Balance S177 Original, quality, late 19th century, cast iron trade balance with a brass face calibrated to weigh 200lbs by 1lb divisions and with both the top and bottom wrought iron 'S' hooks. The face is detailed "No. 20T, Salters Trade Balance, Silvester Patent, British Made, To Weigh 200lb by 1lb" and has the knotted rope with an arrow through, trademark. All has been cleaned and lacquered, fully overhauled and is complete and in good and working order. 23" long x 9.25" wide + 2" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Salters No. 20T Trade Balance S176 Original, quality 1920's, cast iron trade balance with a brass face calibrated to weigh 200lbs by 1lb divisions. The top 'S' hook is for hanging, and the lower has a swivel action. The face is detailed "No. 20T, Salters Trade Balance, Silvester Patent, Made in England To Weigh 200lb by 1lb" and has the knotted rope with an arrow through, trademark. All has been cleaned and lacquered, fully overhauled and is complete and in good and working order. 25.5" long x 9.25" wide + 2" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


	Avery Steelyard Scale S172 Original, quality mid 19th century blacksmith made wrought iron steelyard scale complete with the original pear shaped cast iron weight. This example will weigh from 11lb to 42lb on one side and 42lb to 160lb on the other and has decorative wrought iron swivels to the hooks and decorative shaped points and hooks. Impressed to one side "To Weigh 160lb" and "Avery Class 3". All has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. A great looking scale. 23" long x 17.5" tall x 3.25" wide. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £115.00


Steelyard Scale S171 Original, quality early to mid 19th Century, large blacksmith made wrought iron steelyard scale, complete with the original pear shaped cast iron weight. This example will weigh from 1lb to 68lb on one side and 68lb to 300lb on the other and has decorative wrought iron swivels to the hooks and decorative shaped points and hooks. Impressed to one side "300" and "Patent". All has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. A great looking scale. 32" long x 20" tall x 3.5" wide. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £156.00


	Brass Beam Scale S168 Original, quality late 19th Century grocers brass shop counter scale on the original mahogany base and with a good set of 7 flat circular brass weights. This all brass scale has a central column with a cross beam supporting chains and a heavy cast brass pan for the weights to one side and a dished lift off circular pan to the right. The beam is stamped for the manufacturer "Yardell and Son, Bristol" and "Class B to weigh 2lbs" and the weights are graduated from 1lb down to 1/4 oz and are all stamped with 'VR' Custom and Excise marks. This scale will dismantle into 10 pieces plus the chains and the weights. All has been fully overhauled,polished and lacquered although the lacquer can be removed if required at no extra cost. Complete and in good and working order. Base 21" x 10.5", 24" tall, pan 9"diameter, largest 22" x 11.5". Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £230.00


Wrought Iron and Copper Tea Dealers Balance S164 Original, quality, mid to late 19th Century, tea dealers' balance, with a wrought iron beam scale with an upper pointer and a pair of copper pans, each with three brass chains. The scale beam is stamped 'Williams, London' for the maker. Has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. The lacquer can be removed if required, at no extra cost. Beam 9" x 4.5", pans 6.5" x 2.5" each and total 18.5" drop x 14" wide. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £156.00


	Ceramic Scale Plate S159 Original, quality, late 19th Century, circular, white ceramic scale plate from a grocer's, dairy or butcher's counter beam scale. These were often also used as cheese or butter slabs. This plate is transfer printed under glaze with a pictorial of two robed people with a lion, all on top of a globe with the scales of justice and detailed 'H. Sutcliffe & Co, Scalemakers & C, 33, 49, 51 & 53 Thomas Street, Shudehill, Manchester'. All is complete and in good order. 10" diameter and 3/8" thick. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Cast Iron Stand-on Scale S135 Original, quality, late 19th Century, cast iron, stand-on weighing scales of the steelyard principle. Probably used in doctors surgeries or chemists to weigh persons. A plain example with a lift off tread plate, a brass sliding weight and a calibrated bar, and the full set of six cast iron circular counterbalance weights. The cast iron has been repainted in the past and the brass is polished and lacquered. All is complete and in good and working order. Base 11" wide x 22.5" front to back, 17.5" wide including bar and 10.5" high. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Salters Brass Pocket Balance S134 Original, quality, pre-war, tubular, brass weighing scale with a small, steel hook to one end and a split ring to the other. The nickel face is calibrated from 1lb to 20lbs and is complete and in good and working order. 9.75" long including hooks and body 0.75" wide. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Salters Railway Parcel Balance S108 Original, quality, 1920's, cast iron parcel scale with a flat steel weighing slab and a circular brass dial with a central pointer. The face is calibrated in pounds and ounces up to 56lb and is impressed "Salter's Improved Railway Parcel Balance No22, Silvesters Patent" and "Made in England" with the knotted rope (the trade mark of Salter and Co). All has been cleaned, lacquered and fully overhauled, complete, working and superb order. An unusual example the first we have seen. Base 8.25", dial 7.5" diameter, top slab 14" x 9" + total height 14". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Salters Letter Balance S102 Original, quality pressed tin letter clip balance with a top ring and a lower expanding clip to hold the letter. The gloss finished paper face is detailed in black with calibrations up to 4 ounces and the knotted rope with an arrow through logo and Salter's for the manufacturer 'Salter & Co'. The postal rates shown are for the years 1923 to 1940. The paper dial is curling at two corners but otherwise all is complete and in good and working order. Dial 2" x 1", total 4" x 1" x 0.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


Salters Spring Balance S76 Original, quality brass faced spring balance larger than average for this shape, circa 1900. The brass dial is stamped 'Salter's Improved Spring Balance' and 'Warranted' and is calibrated to weigh 112lb (1 cwt). The sheet steel body is pitted but otherwise all is complete and in good and working order and has been lacquered. The lower hook is probably not original. Face 14.75" x 2.5", total length 19" and 1.75" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £50.00


	Salters Dynamometer S24 Original, quality, 1920's, brass faced 'Dynamometer', manufactured by Salter, with a cast iron body with four large springs and two large apertures for fixing to the wire guide ropes. Used to measure the stress or strength on wire ropes on a huge Industrial land crane. The brass face is calibrated in 25lb units to 4500lb and is marked 'Salter Improved Dynamometer', 'Made In England' and '4G/3195'. It bears the arrow mark for war department use, also '4,500lb by 25lb' and the 'rope knot with the arrow through' logo, for Salter the manufacturer. 14.5" x 10.25" x 2.25" front to back, 10.25" diameter of brass face. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


Salters No 11 Letter Balance PS32 Original, quality, Salter's letter balance with the original bronzed finish to the tray and body and a white enamelled dial. This balance is calibrated to weigh 24oz by 1/4oz and details the postal rates in shillings and pennies for the years 1957 to 1965 and is otherwise detailed "Salter's Letter Balance No 11", "Made in England" and has the arrow through the knotted rope trademark. In near mint condition, complete and in good and working order. Top slab 4" x 4.75", face 3.5" diameter, 7.25" tall + 4.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other view. Price: £75.00


	Salters Letter Balance PS30 Original, quality, brass, hanging postal scale with a brass pan suspended beneath and a brass wire frame to hold the letters. The face of the scale is calibrated to weigh up to 16oz in 1/2 ounces and it also details 'Salters' for the maker, 'British Made' and 'patent'. The postal rates are for the period 1885 to 1897. All has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. 12.5" long and pan diameter 3.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


Brass Postal Balance PS24 Original, quality, brass postal scales with the original set of eight circular brass weights and oak base. The weights are marked from 1lb down to 1/4 ounce, and the larger brass tray is detailed with "Rates of Postage" for the years 1885 to 1897. Has been polished and laquered and all is complete and in good and working order. Base 10.5" x 6.25", all 11.75" x 7" and 5.5" tall. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger view Price: £235.00


	Brass Letter Balance PS13 Set of original, quality, late 19th century, cast brass postal scales for letters and parcels on the original shaped oak base and with the original full set of brass weights, 2lb down to 1oz (six). The scales are stamped 'Warranted Accurate', and the ivorine plaque details the cost of postage for both letters and parcels. The scale of charges here are for the years from 1897 to 1906. All is in superb condition, complete and in good and working order. Base 13" x 9" x 1.5", scales 7" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £245.00

Online Catalogue > Scales

Many more items are available from the shop so if you cannot find what you want, please email us. We also maintain a very successful customer requirements file. Email us on hofgartner@belowstairs.co.uk or telephone +44(0)1488 682317.