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W & T Avery 2 lb Kitchen Scale

W&T Avery
c. 1930 - 1940
Subcollections
Weights & Balances
Overview

Set of balance scales with a long cast iron base with a central pivot. 2 brass weighing bowls are mounted on the cast iron balance beam and there is central brass fitting with a brass needle pointing to the balance point. The brass bowl that held the weights is a shallow round bowl and the other, which held the item to be weighed, is deeper and has a pouring spout. There is a circular hole on the right side of the cast iron weighing beam that would have held the item number stud which is missing. The weights are also missing.

Historical information

W & T Avery Ltd. (later GEC Avery) was a British manufacturer of weighing machines. The company was founded in the early 18th century and took the name W & T Avery in 1818.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2024.194
Item type
Objects
Themes
Social History
Material
Brass
Cast Iron
Width
9.5000 cm
Height or length
32 cm
Depth
20 cm
Inscriptions and markings

On the left top face of the iron base in raised writing

W&T AVERY

On the right top face of the iron base in raised writing

TO WEIGH 2 Lb

Contextual Information

These scales would have been used in the kitchen to weigh items like sugar and flour.

Keywords
Balance Scales
Kitchen
Place made
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Year
c. 1930 - 1940
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
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W & T Avery 2 lb cast iron and brass kitchen Scale
W & T Avery 2 lb cast iron and brass kitchen Scale
Top view of the kitchen scales
Top view of the kitchen scales showing the brass bowls

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