Code: 10447
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Chestnut brown leather upholstery, on square tapering legs with spade feet with mechanism W & T. AVERY LTD BIRMM REGD NO 243881.
The scales with a raised leather and studded seat, set on the oak platform, with a pair of brass guard handles to either end. The platform with the balance arm, complete with sliding weights for stone and pounds, weighing up to 24st and a small dovetailed drawer. The stand with tapering flutes, finished with spade feet.
English jockey scales are a fantastic piece of horse racing history. These handsome scales were used at British tracks—measuring jockeys’ in the English unit of stones. The British firm of W & T. Avery was founded in the early 18th century specializing in scales and earned the reputation as the premier manufacturer of their age.
