hanging scales
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Possibly used in a shop or as a travelling set of scales for a hawker.
This item is an example of an early device used for measurement.
A set of hanging scales. Two copper containers are suspended one from each end of a beam. In the centre of the beam is a hanging rod to the top and a pointer at the bottom.
A number of scroll designs are imprinted into the beam.
