Three Folding Guinea Scales One with Intersting Provenance
Various
Maker
Houghton, Avery
Country of manufacture
UK and Ireland
Description
A Tapering folding guinea scale, once the property of William Pilkington, surgeon and founder of The Pilkington Glass Works in 1826. Made by S.Houghton & Son, Ormskirk with interior paper label and silver cartouch “Wm. Pilkington, Surgeon, St.Hellen”£280
A W and T Avery folding balance made for the Spanish Market, with interior instruction label in Spanish. £220
A folding scale, unsigned with two coin weights £160 SOLD
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Fletcher
Fletcher Wallis
Fletcher Wallis sells objects and books relating to the history of science, medicine and technology Arcade. He publishes books through Vernier Press, including Antique Medicine Chests, and Corkscrew Patents from 1795. He has been dealing for forty eight years.
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