Scales Collection (page 6)

Lear / Nonsense / Wales
There was a Young Lady of Wales, who caught a large fish without scales; When she lifted her hook, she exclaimed, Only look! that ecstatic Young Lady of Wales

Zodiac Tile / Libra
Hand painted Illustration on an original glazed clay tile, possibly used as a floor tile, approx 25cm x 25cm

Tangiers Date Seller, Morocco
Moroccan Date Seller in Tangiers, sits at his stall with his head protected against the midday sun. A wide-brimmed straw hat (sombrero-style) sits under the stall

A hospice for sick children
A group of nurses weigh the sickly children at a French hospice

The solution to the Turkish Question
French cartoon - the solution to the Turkish Question. A huge fist falls on the Sultans head

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Bates Scales fo
In June 1842 a proclamation was issued announcing that a large prportion of the gold coinage in Britain had become worn and devalued and was below its prescribed weight of five penny weights

Tomczyk Demonstrates Pk
Stanislawa Tomczyk - Polish medium - demonstrates PK whilst under hypnosis to Ochorowicz in Poland by raising ojects, in this case one side of a set of scales

Fruit and Veg Stall
A rather serious transaction taking place on the fruit and vegetable stall at Knaresborough Market, Yorkshire, England, where 6d buys 3lbs of onions!

Grocers shop by Percy Macquoid
Engraving to accompany a story in the Graphic ( Madame Leroux ), showing a typical interior of a grocers shop during the late 19th century

Making Apricot Jam
Home made jam, made from fresh apricots and lemons, sugar etc, beautifully preserved in well-labelled jars

Helping in the Kitchen
An Edwardian Ladys Maid (right) helps out one of the other maids in the kitchen, as was the custom when important guests came for dinner on special occasions

Woman Weighing Herself
A woman in a suit weighs herself on a set of weighing scales outside an opticians shop

Grocery Shop Rations
A shopkeeper measures out a weeks rations on his weighing scales. During World War Two, planning a familys meals often depended upon what an individual shop had in stock

C16 Instrumentalists
A lady personifying music presents the scales which are the foundation of western music, while around her all kinds of instruments are being played or constructed

Various Lizards
A Tortoise, a Crocodile, a Lizard and a Salamander

Chat in a Village Store
A shopkeeper chats to one of his customers in a village store

Dairymaid at Work
The domestic laughing dairymaid

Bacon Factory 1960S
Women weighing and making packets of Danish bacon in a British factory

Reptiles / Crocodile
Narrow-headed Crocodile

American sea serpent, satirical depiction
The American sea serpent, with the stars and stripes on its body -- a satirical depiction

Caxton / Fourth Pawn
THE FOURTH PAWN - the pawn placed before the King on the board represents a merchant and moneylender

Filberts / Cries of London
A woman weighs out a quantity of fine filberts (hazelnuts) from her wheelbarrow

CONFECTIONERs SHOP 1827
A young well-off mother spoils her little girl with sweets; the shop also sells jellies, sugar-plums and jams etc

Village Shop 1960S
A young boy being served in a well-stocked village shop, including sweets in jars, Homepride flour, Kit-Kat chocolate bars etc

Macklin / Shylock / Lodge
CHARLES MACKLIN Actor in the role of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice

Selling Fish / Brittany
A man weighs fish on some scales set up on the pavement in Brittany, France, while a crowd of potential customers gathers round

Roman Scales & Weights
Roman scales and weights

Harrods Replica Shop
As part of Harrods centenary celebrations, Mayor Sir George Aylwen watches provisions being weighed out with a pair of scales, in this replica of the shop as it was in 1849

German Goldsmiths / C16
The workshop of German Goldsmith Hans Brosamer von Fulda (1506 - 1554)

Libra (Rossum)
LIBRA - Scales or Balance 22 September - 22 October

Holmes Grocery Shop
Serving behind the counter at Holmes grocery shop

Weighing Baby and Cats
Baby is weighed on the scales against two cats to see who is heaviest - baby wins

Three Types of Herring
Three types of herring: 1. common herring 2. silver-striped herring 3. African herring

Leafy Swimwear 1927
A woman with bobbed hair holding aloft a beach ball & striding out of the sea wears an unusual one-piece bathing costume with skirt covered in applique leaves

Grocer Scrap
The grocer with his scales

Two Lizard Species
A pink-bellied leaf lizard (Stenocercus rosei ventris) and another smaller lizard type, labelled as Trachycyclus marmoratus

Baby being Weighed
A nurse making a home visit to weigh a newborn baby

Devonshire Butter Makers
Devonshire butter makers at work

Blunt / Libra / Plate 44
The constellation of Libra, the scales

Guns and Butter
Reducing the war industry means building up the World Trade

Camillus and Brennus
Brennus, captor of Rome, barg- aining for ransom, throws his sword in the scales saying Vae victis (Woe to the defeated). But Camillus is able to save Rome

C17 Butcher / Woodcut / 45
A shop keeper - butcher or poulterer - brandishes a cleaver as he slices a joint into cutlets or whatever

Trade / Grocers / Mr Grits
Mr Grits the Grocer, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Curry&rice / Housekeeping
The Judges wife watches over the housekeeping

Weighing Produce
German merchants weighing produce on scales in a busy bustling marketplace

Devotees of Xaca in Japan have their faith tested
Devotees of Xaca demonstrate their faith by confessing their sins while suspended over an abyss. If they lie, they tip the scales and fall

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