Casartelli Portable Yarn Balance
- Made:
- 1925 in Lancashire
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J.Casartelli & Son Ltd, Manchester & Liverpool, yarn balance hinged into a velvet lined presentation box with a set of three weights (linen, wool and cotton). Box also contains a small tin cylinder containing shaped wires to attach to the scale hooks, and
a wrapped, double edged razor blade.
Details
- Category:
- Textile Industry
- Object Number:
- Y2001.335
- Materials:
- leatherette, brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal (unknown), nickel silver (nickel, copper, zinc alloy), cardboard and textile
- Measurements:
-
case closed: 46 mm x 170 mm x 90 mm, 30 g
case open: 84 mm x 170 mm x 208 mm,
- type:
- cloth balance
