This basket is part of a set of weighing scales were made to measure the weights of babies and infants. The child was placed in the wicker basket and weights were added to the pan to make the balance level. The weights range from 2lb (just under 1kg) to 14lb (approximately 6.5kg). Babies are ideally weighed regularly after they are born to monitor their growth, a practice that was being increasingly encouraged around the beginning of the 20th century.

This weight is part of a set of weighing scales were made to measure the weights of babies and infants. The child was placed in a wicker basket and weights were added to the pan to make the balance level. The weights range from 2lb (just under 1kg) to 14lb (approximately 6.5kg). Babies are ideally weighed regularly after they are born to monitor their growth, a practice that was being increasingly encouraged around the beginning of the 20th century.

The weight was made by Liverpool-based Henry Pooley and Sons Ltd. They were a mechanical engineering company who also made weighing machines for the railway industry.

This weight is part of a set of weighing scales were made to measure the weights of babies and infants. The child was placed in a wicker basket and weights were added to the pan to make the balance level. The weights range from 2lb (just under 1kg) to 14lb (approximately 6.5kg). Babies are ideally weighed regularly after they are born to monitor their growth, a practice that was being increasingly encouraged around the beginning of the 20th century.

The weight was made by Liverpool-based Henry Pooley and Sons Ltd. They were a mechanical engineering company who also made weighing machines for the railway industry.

This weight is part of a set of weighing scales were made to measure the weights of babies and infants. The child was placed in a wicker basket and weights were added to the pan to make the balance level. The weights range from 2lb (just under 1kg) to 14lb (approximately 6.5kg). Babies are ideally weighed regularly after they are born to monitor their growth, a practice that was being increasingly encouraged around the beginning of the 20th century.

The weight was made by Liverpool-based Henry Pooley and Sons Ltd. They were a mechanical engineering company who also made weighing machines for the railway industry.

This weight is part of a set of weighing scales were made to measure the weights of babies and infants. The child was placed in a wicker basket and weights were added to the pan to make the balance level. The weights range from 2lb (just under 1kg) to 14lb (approximately 6.5kg). Babies are ideally weighed regularly after they are born to monitor their growth, a practice that was being increasingly encouraged around the beginning of the 20th century.

The weight was made by Liverpool-based Henry Pooley and Sons Ltd. They were a mechanical engineering company who also made weighing machines for the railway industry.

These weighing scales are part of a set that was made to measure the weights of babies and infants. The child was placed in the wicker basket and weights were added to the pan to make the balance level. The weights range from 2lb (just under 1kg) to 14lb (approximately 6.5kg). Babies are ideally weighed regularly after they are born to monitor their growth, a practice that was being increasingly encouraged around the beginning of the 20th century.

The base of the scales is inscribed with the words ‘Mellin’s Food’. This was a powder of wheat bran and malted barley, which was advertised as the “perfect substitute for mother’s milk” and was extremely popular both in Britain and the United States. Such false claims are symbolic of the long-running tension between the commercial interests of such manufacturers and those promoting the health and nutritional benefits of breast milk.