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BALANCE SCALE - METTERS

Overview

blue with white speckles enamelled metal balance scale. Base forms three circles joined together with two end circles same size and middle circle smaller. Two conical towers rise up from two end circles that taper in at that top, towers hollow with flat open tops. Moulded metal buttress on inside of towers and joined by a flat metal beam bolted in place at the top of each buttress. In the middle of the beam is a raised C shaped bracket. Hinged to the bracket are two metal balance beam arms that connects via a hinge system to a round flat pad at one end and a X shaped bracket at other end. Rising up from out of the tower and attached to underside of the bracket and the pad is the scale mechanism that are also joined together on the underside of the scales base.
Moulded manufacturers text on the top of the middle circle

Historical information

Metters balance scales with imperial weights used by Mrs 'Ma' McDonald on her Bedfordale property to measure our ingredients when she was making jams and pickles. The property was on the corner of Waterwheel Road and Albany Highway. Before 1966 Australia used the imperial measuring system. Most recipes would have used imperial measurements. Ma probably kept using the imperial weights after 1966 for recipes she already knew.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-COA2022.92a
Material
Brass
Metal
Inscriptions and markings

Middle circle [METTERS / SYDNEY]

Keywords
SYDNEY Australia
Metters
Albany Highway, Bedfordale
Waterwheel Road, Bedfordale
Bedfordale
Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items relating to the development of the Bedfordale community from the mid 1800s to today. These items represent the people, organisations, events and businesses who have had an impact on how the community has evolved over time. The collection shows how this community has grown from a small collection of farms in the mid 1800s, located on Noongar land into a significant agricultural and horticultural zone in the early to mid 1900s.

City of Armadale - History House

City of Armadale - History House

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