Postal Scale

Made:: 1890-1910 in United Kingdom

Postal Scale
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Unsigned postal scale with five brass weights.

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Category:: Weighing & Measuring

Object Number:: Y1989.246.179

Materials:: wood (unidentified) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

type:: postal scales

credit:: Gift of the Co-operative Wholesale Society

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