Scales Collection (page 2)

Advert,s Moss, Druggist and Chemist, Cheltenham
Advert,s Moss, Druggist, Operative & Experimental Chemist, High Street, Cheltenham. Date: 1826

Ancient Egypt. Judgement of the Dead. Book of the Death. Funerary papyri. 3rd-1st BC. Egyptian Museum. Turin. Italy

Members of British Equity campaigning with banner
Members of British Equity campaigning with a banner outside the Spanish Embassy in London, 4 August 1978. They include (left to right) John Barron (union President), Robert Morley, Paul Eddington

An allegory about the peace negotiations at end of WW1
A rather biased allegorical illustration by Fortunino Matania showing Justice, with her foot on the prostrate giant of Germany, holding her sword in one hand and scales in another

Rational Gadgets For Your Coupons by William Heath Robinson
Customers are put on scales to determine how much butter they are entitled to, the heavier the person is, the more butter they are given. Date: 1940

Comic postcard, Plump man weighing himself on scales on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman weighing herself on scales on the beach Date: 20th century

Men and boys with weighing scales, China c. 1890
Men and boys with weighing scales, China c.1890

Weighing scales and cherries, London market stall
Old brass weighing scales and cherries on a market stall in the East End of London. Date: 1957

Comic postcard, Ambiguous instructions to the butcher Date: 20th century

Two women pose for their photograph in a bakers shop. Date: c. 1953
Two women pose for their photograph in a bakers shop. Date: c.1953

Illuminated calendar for August 1846
Calendar for August with figures of Joel and St. Bartholomew, quote from Thessalonians, disciples, woman with wheat, birds, foliage and castles

Fragment of a banner of miners from Tyrol, 15th century
Fragment of a banner of silver and copper miners from Tyrol, late 15th century. St. George kills a dragon next to a scarlet eagle

Antependium of altar in the Basilica di Sant Ambrogio
Rear of the antependium of the altar in the Basilica di Sant Ambrogio, Milan. Bas-relief formed of sheets of gold decorated with scenes from St. Ambroses life

4th Gordon Bennett Trophy, Stocks (Napier for Britain) going to the scales at Ns, he was leading the race but later gave up. Date: 2nd July 1903

Weighing tea chests, China. Date: 1888

Taberna near the fountain of Mercury, VI. 5, Pompeii
Thermolopium or taberna near the fountain of Mercury, VI.5, Pompeii. A man cooks food at a stove, while a women serves a customer using scales

Tineida or moths: twenty-plume moth, Alucita hexadactyla, white-plume moth and wing scales, Pterophorus pentadactylus, rose-plume moth, Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla, Phyllonorycter populifoliella

Great weighing machine or steelyard, Qing Dynasty. The man weighs items brought to him by customers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon

Apothecary in his shop using a mortar and pestle to prepare a medicine. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810

Child blowing a shell, riding on the head of a sea monster. 19th century

Religious Christmas card by Robert Dudley -- Christs peace be with thee! Date: circa 1880s

Cutout advertisement for Lemco & Milk - Splendid for Delicate Children. Showing a mother weighing her baby on a set of scales. Date: early 20th century

General James Wolfe leading the attack on Quebec
Seven Years War - General James Wolfe leads the British redcoat forces up the steep path to the Heights of Abraham in their daring night attack on Quebec, Canada. 1759

A Weighty Problem Date: 1950

Spotlight Parrotfish Date: 1743

Woman Weighing Gold by Jan Vermeer (1632-1675). Date: circa 1655

MAKING MARMALADE 1930S
A young woman slicing oranges to make marmalade. Date: 1930s

SCHMIDTS SHOP 1970S
The bakery counter at Schmidts famous store on Charlotte Street, London, full of fine foods and delicious- looking cakes and pastries a piece of Germany in London. Date: 1970s

Tom and Jerry Box 1820
Tom and Jerry receiving instruction in the art of self defence at Jacksons Rooms, Bond Street. Date: 1820

Cartoon portrait, GEORGE JOACHIM GOSCHEN, 1st VISCOUNT GOSCHEN MP, as a parrot on a perch, whose allegiances shift from Conservative to Liberal according to circumstances. Date: 1881

BLUNT / LIBRA / 44 / 1849
The constellation of Libra, the scales. Date: 1849

MACKLIN / SHYLOCK / 1777
CHARLES MACKLIN as SHYLOCK in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice Act IV Scene I Date: 1697 - 1797

17th century Butcher
A shop keeper - butcher or poulterer - brandishes a cleaver as he slices a joint into cutlets or whatever. Date: 17th century

YOKOHAMA CUSTOM HOUSE
Custom House in Yokohama, Japan Date: 1861

A fantasy buttermaker, wearing a costume made up of the tools of her trade, and with a table hanging round her waist. Date: circa 1700

Measuring equipment, kitchen scales, letter balance and other items for weighing Date: circa 1900

Street trade - cherries
Woman in the streets of London selling cherries. Date: 1885

Central Criminal Court and St. Pauls - Justice and Mercy
The dome and statue atop Londons Central Criminal Court and the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral - the card is beautifully captioned as Justice and Mercy. Date: circa 1920s

Transporting cheeses - Alkmaar, the Netherlands
Transporting round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. Date: 1920s

Pretty French girl in fishscale swimsuit reclining
A pretty French model in fish scale pattern swimsuit and floral silk headscarf reclining seductively on a photographic studio beach. Date: late 1910s

The Suffragette newspaper Holiday Campaign. Front cover of The Suffragette newspaper, official organ of the Womens Social and Political Union, no. 46, Vol. 1 Friday August 29, 1913

Spain. Second Republic (1931-1936). Allegory of the Republic

Tarot Card 15 - Le Diable (The Devil). Date: 20th century

c. 1880s India - weighing spices or other dry goods
c.1880s India - man weighing spices or other dry goods with a set of scales

Christmas card in the form of weight scales -- Try Your Weight, Drop Penny in Slot. Date: circa 1890s

Fountain of Saint Peter, 1595. By Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann (15
Germany. Trier. Fountain of Saint Peter, 1595. By Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann (1545-1617)

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Selling salt
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Establishment. Selling salt. Miniature. Fol. 62v

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