- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Mary De Grave
- Provenance
- Not ascertained.
- Primary inscriptions
- "Mary De Grave Widow & Successor to the Late Chas. De Grave Scale Maker to His Majesty, No. 59 St Martin Le Grand...Aldersgate..." [trade label inside lid of box].
- Physical material
- Brass and steel
- Object type
- Scales
- Inventory No
- 44811
Description
Steel beam with brass pans [which might be later replacements], and set of brass weights from the reign of George III, all in compartmented mahogamy box.The scale pans may be later replacements.
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