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Steel sovereign balance with box-end beam by de Grave

Made:
1845-1871 in London
maker:
De Grave, Short and Fanner
Steel sovereign balance with box-end beam by de Grave

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Steel sovereign balance with box-end beam by de Grave
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Steel sovereign balance with box-end beam by de Grave, Short & Fanner

Details

Category:
Weighing & Measuring
Object Number:
1975-270
type:
money scales and beamscale
credit:
British Railways Board

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