Object number
56/283
Description
These weighing scales originally belonged to a wheelwright in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. They are butter marketing scales. Little is known of their origin or places of use.
Physical description
scales (beam): metal: wood?
Archival history
MERL miscellaneous note - 'Wooden butter scales consisting of a conical turned base and central pillar made of beech. The beam passes through a slit in the pillar and is fixed by a pin. This is also made of beech. The pans are made of sycamore and have a rim. They are each suspended by three twisted lengths of cord. // Use: for weighing butter.'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_1737.tif - High resolution image
