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	Salters Family Scale S148 Original, quality, cast iron, domestic scale circa 1900, with a circular brass face and a rectangular lift off steel pan. The face is stamped 'British Made, Salters Improved Family Scale No 50' and 'Silvester's Patent, to weigh 14lb by 1oz'. The central needle can be adjusted; all has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. Base diameter 6.5", total height 12" and pan 10" x 7.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £140.00


Mancur Wool Scale S147 Original, quality, 19th Century, blacksmith made, wrought iron mancur scale with a crescent shaped 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 2lb up to 42lb in 2lb divisions and the larger hook and ring would weigh from 10lb to 260lb in 10lb divisions. This example is well above average with detailed chiselling to the ironwork and an engraved divider and set square logo to the brass dial. All has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. 13" x 5" x 2.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Steelyard Scale S143 Original, quality, 19th Century, wrought iron, steelyard scale of small proprtion, with all the correct hook arrangement and the original cast iron, plum shaped weight. The weight is embossed '1' and the scale is stamped '48' and 'T. Beach Imperial'. All has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. Bar 17" long, total 10" drop and weight 3.5" x 1.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Salters No. 50 Family Scale S137 Original, quality, 1920's, cast iron domestic kitchen scale with a circular, white enamelled dial and a rectangular lift off steel pan. Much of the original green paintwork remains on the cast iron body and the enamelled face is in mint condition. This scale is adjustable by a thumb screw to one side and the dial is detailed 'Salter's Improved Family Scale No 50, to weigh 50lb by 2oz' and 'Made in England', with the knotted rope and arrow trademark for Salter's. All has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. Enamelled dial 7.5" diameter, base 8.5" diameter and total height 17". Pan 13.75" x 9.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £185.00


	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


	Brass Counter Scales S133 Set of original, quality late 19th Century, grocer's shop, brass beam scales on the original mahogany base, with a stack of eight circular brass weights. This set of scales has a thin circular pan on an arm to one side, and a cast brass circular flat pan on chains to the other. The horizontal beam is stamped 'Class B', 'Capacity 4lb', 'Agate Balance' and 'Day & Millward Patentee' and the heavy pan has the remains of the name and 'Makers'. The eight weights are marked from 2lb down to 1/4oz and will enable up to 4lb to be weighed and the scale will dismantle easily into seven pieces, plus the mahogany base. The base has been refinished, the brass polished and lacquered and all is complete and in good and working order. A larger than average set of scales, for decoration or for use. Base 21.75" x 11", total widest 23" and 26" high. Price is for the set, including the weights. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £230.00


Avery Scales and Weights S127 Original, quality 1920's Butcher's or Grocer's shop scales, with a white ceramic plate to one side and a heavy cast brass pan to take the weights to the other. The plate and pan are both mounted on wrought and cast ironwork arms over a marble slab on the rectangular shaped oak base. A cast brass handle to the centre enables a comfortable lift and the full set of nine brass weights - 4lb down to 1/4oz - is included. The ceramic slab is perfect and is marked to the top in black print 'Avery's' for the manufacturer and each of the nine brass weights are also marked for 'Avery'. The lead custom and excise plug to the balance arm is impressed for GRV. All the brass has been polished and lacquered and all is complete and in good and working order. Base 19.5" x 7.25", ceramic slab 11" x 10", brass pan 8.5" x 1.25" and weights 4.5" x 3.5". Price is for the set, including the weights. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £350.00


	Cast Iron Confectionery Scales S124 Set of original, quality cast iron confectionery shop counter scales, with the original brass scoop and pan and a stack of flat brass circular weights from 1lb to 1/4oz. These scales have much of the original green and red paintwork, are embossed with a patent number and the registration number for the year 1911 and painted with 'Fairbanks' for the maker and 'To Weigh 2lb'. The brass has been polished and lacquered and all is complete and in good and working order. Base 12.5" x 4", total 7" high and 7.5" front to back. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £185.00


Avery Tea Traders Scales S122 A set of original, quality, blacksmith made, wrought iron beam scales, circa 1830, with copper bowls and fine brass chains. The chiselled scale beam is impressed 'Avery' for the manufacturer and the bowls: 'By His Royal Letters Patent', to the inside. All is complete and in good and working order. Beam 10.5", bowls 5.75" x 2.5" each and total drop 18". Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £125.00


	Mordan Postal Balance S109 Original, quality, 19th century, cast brass postal balance with the original set of 7 circular brass weights, all on the rectangular mahogany base. The scales are marked "S. Mordan and Co, London" for the manufacturer Samson Mordan and Company. The flat weights are marked '16', '8', '4', '2' and '1' all over 'P' and 'F4' on the shaped top weight. Weights marked in this way were used for postage from 1840 to 1871 only. A top of the range set of letter scales, complete and in good and working order. Plinth 10" x 5" x 1", 4.75" tall, larger pan 3.75" diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £230.00


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: £56.00


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


	Winfield Brass Postal Balance S66* Original, quality, late 19th century, brass letter scale in the original green patination and marked for the manufacturer "RW Winfield of Birmingham". Used to weigh letters for posting and calibrated in half ounces to 4 ounces with the postal rate of 2d per ounce. 6.5" high, 3.25" base diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £165.00


Salters Family Scale S41* Original, quality cast iron scale, circa 1900, with a brass face and rectangular lift-off steel pan. The face is marked 'Class II Salters Improved Family Scale No. 50' and 'Silvester's Patent to Weigh 14lbs.'. The central needle can be adjusted . All has been cleaned and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. 6.75" diameter base x 12.75" tall including pan; pan 11" x 7.5" x 2.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £140.00


	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. Said to be 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. The brass face is also 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


Mordan Postal Balance PS29 Original set of quality, brass postal scales with a full set of seven, original, brass and brass cased, circular flat weights, all mounted on the original oak base with four bun feet. The scales are stamped for the manufacturer 'S. Mordan & Co, London' and the letter slab is marked 'Letter Post, Inland not over 4oz, 1d each extra 2oz 1/2d', 'British Empire 1d per oz Egypt & USA' and 'Other Countries not over 1oz 2 1/2 d and each extra 1oz 1 1/2d'. These are the postal rates from 1897 to 1915. The weights are marked 'oz 16' x 2, 'oz 8', 'oz 4', 'oz 2' and 'oz 1' x 2, the top being a cottage loaf shaped one. All has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order; a super set of scales. Base 12.75" x 6.75" and 6.75" tall. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £265.00


	Ratcliff Brass Postal Balance PS26 Original, quality 19th Century, cast brass letter balance of the candlestick form, with a panel to the front with the needle pointer and the postal weights and rates for the years 1840 to 1865. Embossed around the base of the upright 'Manufactured by Jos & Edw Ratcliff'. An early example: polished, lacquered and complete and in good and working order. 7" high, 3.5" base diameter and 2" top pan. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £156.00


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


	Winfield Postal Balance PS22* Original, quality, late 19th century, brass 'Candlestick' form letter scale in the original green patination and marked for the manufacturer 'R.W. Winfield of Birmingham'. Used to weigh letters for posting and calibrated in half ounces to 4oz with the postal rate of 2d per ounce. All is complete and in good and working order. 6.5" high and 3.2" diameter of base. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £165.00


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

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