Lot 387: A W. & T. Avery Cast Iron Balance Scale with a Set of Weights

An antique cast iron balance scale manufactured by W. & T. Avery of Birmingham. The apparatus features a black-painted cast iron base supporting a central beam and two distinct weighing surfaces: a rectangular brass-coloured plate and a smaller circular metal pan. The central beam is cast with the name W & T AVERY on one side and BIRMINGHAM on the other. The base includes three fitted recesses containing a collection of graduated circular cast iron weights. The largest weight is embossed with the text W. & T. AVERY LTD and BIRMINGHAM, while a smaller weight is marked 1 OZ. Two white adhesive labels are fixed to the rectangular brass pan, bearing the handwritten numbers 387 and 12937. The scale is of traditional industrial design with a stepped and moulded base.