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An Imperial Standard Set of R B Bate Capacity Measures

Lot 351 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, circa 1835, all engraved 'Bate, London', engraved respectively 'Imperial Quart', 'Imperial Pint', 'Imperial Half-Pint', 'Imperial Gill' and ' ... read more

130 to 48mm high

Estimate: £500 - £800
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A part-set of four circular glass strikes for liquid measures

Lot 352 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, circa 1830, each  with ground depression and hole to centre, in fitted oak case

2.25 to 5.25in diam.

Estimate: £100 - £150
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass Imperial Gill Measure for Whitby Strand

Lot 353 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, dated 1835, engraved 'Division of Whitby Strand, North Riding, Yorkshire, 1835' and stamped '676', with VR verification and 1894 portcullis ... read more

78mm high

Estimate: £60 - £80
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass Imperial Half Gill Measure for Manor of Lewisham

Lot 354 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English,1826, engraved 'Manor of Lewisham,1826' and with coronet, GR 1824 and VR verification stamps and check-weight status chequerboards

52mm high

Estimate: £70 - £100
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass Imperial Quarter Gill Measure for County of Essex

Lot 355 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, 1879, VR and portcullis 1879 verification marks, stamped '917'

55m high

Estimate: £30 - £50
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass Imperial Gill for Manchester and Lancaster

Lot 356 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, 1825, engraved 'Manchester, 1825' and 'County of Lancaster 1869', with verification marks from George III to Edward VII,

75mm high

Estimate: £70 - £100
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Two associated brass Imperial Measures

Lot 357 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1800, engraved 'Gill' and '1/2 Gill', without verification marks, (Qty: 2)

75 and 58mm high

Estimate: £70 - £100
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Cased Set of Capacity Measures

Lot 358 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1890, engraved with the capacity and the largest measure engraved 'DE GRAVE & CO LTD LONDON', pine case with large lock and steel drop ... read more

Estimate: £300 - £500
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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3 Large Dutch Capacity Measures

Lot 359 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

Dutch, 19th Century, large measure with brass name plaque for 'HUYGENS & CO, SCHIEDAM, 2 DEKALITER', constructed of copper plate soldered at the back ... read more

Estimate: £400 - £600
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Nottinghamshire County Council, Glass Strike

Lot 360 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, early 19th Century, Case for a set of glass strikes for a set of capacity measures, Only the Hlf Busshel glass strike present 50.5cm ... read more

Estimate: £50 - £100
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Standard Working Petrol Check Pump Measures

Lot 361 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c. 1930, engraved 'CITY OF NOTTINGHAM', to the front and engraved at the rear 'DE GRAVE SHORT Co Ltd, LONDON, constructed of copper with ... read more

Estimate: £80 - £120
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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City of Nottingham, Standard Working Petrol Check Pump Measures

Lot 362 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c. 1930, engraved 'CITY OF NOTTINGHAM', to the front and engraved at the rear 'W & T AVERY Ltd, constructed of copper with brass bindings ... read more

Estimate: £80 - £120
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Nottinghamshire County Council, Petrol Check Pump Measure

Lot 363 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c. 1930, engraved 'NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL', to one side and 'TWO LITRE' to the other, constructed of copper with brass bindings and ... read more

Estimate: £80 - £120
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Nottingham County Council, Standard Check Pump Petrol Measures

Lot 364 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, by Wragg Bros. Essex, each engraved 'NOTTINGHAM COUNTY COUNCIL', constructed of copper with brass bindings, the 4 measures engraved with the ... read more

Estimate: £200 - £400
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Levelling & Height Regulating Stand for Capacity Measures

Lot 365 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1890, engraved to the base 'De Grave & Co Ltd, London' on 3 screw feet, with racka nd pinion adjustment to top plate with magnifier reader, ... read more

Estimate: £200 - £400
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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City of Nottingham Substantial Floor Balance With Reliving Gear

Lot 366 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, beam & pans dated 1911 but stand older c.1880, stand engraved to both sides at top 'DE GRAVE & CO MAKERS LONDON ', the beam engraved ''CITY ... read more

Estimate: £400 - £600
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A Substantial City of Nottingham Bullion Balance

Lot 367 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1940, heavily engraved on the beam 'CITY OF NOTTINGHAM TO WEIGH 56LB' and at the top of the main supporting column 'DE GRAVE SHORT & CO ... read more

Estimate: £600 - £800
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A Fine & Complete Set of Diamond Scales

Lot 368 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, late 18th Century, unsigned, French polshed wooden case, with shaped cut out to accept the scales, lift up section with weights below, pull ... read more

Estimate: £150 - £250
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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City Of Nottingham Trading Standards Beam Scale

Lot 369 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, dated 1900, engraved to the beam 'De Grave & Co Makers London' and to the front 'CITY OF NOTTINGHAM' in a fitted case with counter weighted ... read more

Estimate: £100 - £200
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Portable Brass and Steel Inspector's Standard Scales

Lot 370 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, early 19th century, the steel beam with ovoid box ends and circular brass pans, with tray for six circular nesting weights, marked for 4, 2 ... read more

case 470mm wide

Estimate: £200 - £300
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Nottingham Trading Standards 4oz Laboratory Scale

Lot 371 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1905, engraved to the base of the pillar 'DE GRAVE & CO, LONDON' and to the beam 'CITY OF NOTTINGHAM' in a fitted French polished glazed ... read more

Estimate: £80 - £120
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A gilt brass Olmsted Patent Stove Company Pocket Sovereign Scale

Lot 373 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English/American, c. 1842, with beam, pan and hook weight, patent and maker's details stamped on square base, in velvet-lined red morocco case,

95mm wide

Estimate: £500 - £800
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Pocket Coin Scales

Lot 374 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

possibly English, c. 1700, with iron beam and brass pans, with six brass disc Scruple weights, in plain fitted wooden case

125mm wide

Estimate: £100 - £150
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Portable Brass and Steel Bullion Scales

Lot 375 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

Continental, early 19th century, in mahogany-veneered case with pine carcase and drawer, containing polished steel beam with circular box ends, brass ... read more

case 310mm wide

Estimate: £100 - £150
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass and steel Benjamin Stubbs Guinea Scale

Lot 376 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c. 1790, with crescent-shaped coin pan, in velvet-lined fishskin case, coin gauge missing

125mm wide

Estimate: £300 - £500
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A lacquered brass and steel Solomon Henry's Royal Patent Balance for Guineas

Lot 377 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, circa 1780, the lozenge-shaped base stamped at each end 'S. Henry Inventor' and 'By Royal Patent', in fitted fishskin case, the inner lid (Qty: 2) ... read more

case 135mm wide, gauge 30mm diam.

Estimate: £600 - £800
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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An unusual lacquered and anodised brass Sovereign Rocker Coin Scale

Lot 378 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

probably English, c.1850, with folding balance-point for slim profile and full-length base, in simulated fishskin case

case 115mm long

Estimate: £100 - £150
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass and copper Auguste Marion & Co Wragg's Patent Pendulum Postal Scale

Lot 379 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c. 1875, stamped 'Marion, London' to rear support, over-stamped 'Mansfield, Dublin'

190mm high

Estimate: £200 - £300
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass and copper Mustel et Leprestre Silk Yarn Balance

Lot 380 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

French, c. 1850, for measuring skeins of silk yarn, with divided brass curved segment engraved '500 Metres Mustel et Leprestre, Rue du Bac 33, 35, a ... read more

stand 375mm high

Estimate: £500 - £800
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A decorative gilt brass 'Improved Base Coin Detector'

Lot 381 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c. 1870, with slots for Half-Crowns, Florins, Shillings and Sixpences, on mahogany base, in mahogany box with sliding lid, with worn ... read more

175mm wide

Estimate: £150 - £200
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass 'The Criterion Base Coin Detector'

Lot 382 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c. 1880, with slots for six coin types, on mahogany plinth, with oval embossed brass plate 'Harris & Comp'y, London & L'pool, The Criterion ... read more

box 250mm wide

Estimate: £100 - £150
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Nottingham Trading Standards 1LB inspectors Scale

Lot 383 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, dated 1898, engraved 'DE GRAVE & Co. MAKERS LONDON, and to the front 'COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM, CAPACITY 1LB, 1898' scale in fitted case with ... read more

Estimate: £80 - £120
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass Portable Corn Scale of cylindrical form

Lot 384 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

Dutch, late 19th century, two nesting cylinders of differing lengths, to carry beam and weights in transit and to act as pans in use

230mm long overall when closed, 100mm diam.

Estimate: £40 - £60
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A lacquered brass J Long Chondrometer

Lot 385 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, circa 1900, engraved 'J. Long, 43 Eastcheap, London', in fitted mahogany case, strike missing

320mm wide

Estimate: £100 - £150
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Borough of Chesterfield,Large 7LB Inspection Laboratory Scale

Lot 386 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1950, plaque for 'STATION INSTRUMENTS LTD' , beam engraved '5339 BOROUGH OF CHESTERFIELD TO WEIGH 7LB', Large French polished case, ... read more

Estimate: £100 - £200
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Nottingham County Council, Large 7LB Inspection Laboratory Scale

Lot 387 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1950, engraved 'WILLIAM A WEB LTD LONDON, 4818' and to the beam, 'Nottinghamshire County Council To Weigh 7LB', large French polished ... read more

Estimate: £80 - £120
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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City Of Nottingham, Large 7LB Verification Scale

Lot 388 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1950, engraved to the base of the large brass supporting column 'DE GRAVE SHORT & Co LTDMAKERS LONDON 5016' and to the beam 'CITY OF ... read more

Estimate: £100 - £200
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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3 Sets of County of Nottingham Inspectors Scales

Lot 389 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

including a cased 7LB scale dated 1897, and engraved on the beam 'COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM CAPACITY 7LB, 1897' and engraved to the back of the beam 'DE ... read more

Estimate: £100 - £200
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Nottinghamshire County Council, Laboratory 56LB Scale

Lot 390 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1950, engraved to the scale at the bottom 'WILLIAM a WEBB Ltd, ILFORD', substantial laboratory 56LB standard scale, the scale constructed ... read more

Estimate: £400 - £600
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Unusual Chinese Beam Scale & Weights

Lot 391 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

Chinese, 19th Century, label in the lid in Chinese translates as 'Libra & Fine Metal Company, Didicated for Royal Family' with another name possibly ... read more

Estimate: £400 - £600
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Set of Brass Postal Scales

Lot 392 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1880, unsigned French polished wooden base with single drawer containinig fitted tray of weights, single brass column holding beam with ... read more

Estimate: £50 - £100
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Steelyard Rod with Weight and Hooks

Lot 393 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, late 18th early 19th century, indistinctly stamped '32 BEACH', constructed of iron with hooks and weight, 35cm

Estimate: £50 - £100
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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County of Nottingham, 56LB, Outdoor Inspectors Beam Scale

Lot 394 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, stamped ER 1905, beam engraved 'COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM, CAPACITY 56LB, FOR OUTDOOR USE, DEGRAVE AND CO LTD MAKERS LONDON' in a fitted pine ... read more

Estimate: £60 - £80
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A lacquered brass 'Subdivided Inch, Borough of Crewe'

Lot 395 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1903, by W&T Avery Ltd, London, with portcullis verification marks for 1903 and 1913, with pocket magnifier, replaced, in fitted (Qty: 2) ... read more

cases 82mm and 138mm wide

Estimate: £50 - £80
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Nottinghamshire County Council, Branding Iron

Lot 396 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

19th Century, branding iron with a crown over the letter N on a long iron handle, length 39cm Note: found in the collection of Nottingham Trading ... read more

Estimate: £50 - £100
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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A brass Wright, Manchester Mill Machine Sector

Lot 397 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, early 19th century, one face engraved for Machine Wheels, the other for Mill Gear (misspelt) Wheels, in fitted mahogany case

390mm long closed

Estimate: £500 - £800
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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An unusual G Simpson, London, Treen Container possibly for medical use

Lot 398 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, early 19th century, the circular container with tapering threaded lid, enclosing planished silver metal lidded container of acorn form, ... read more

70mm high overall

Estimate: £300 - £500
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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Nottingham Trading Standards, Egg Poises

Lot 400 (The Fine Collectors Sale)

English, c.1950, trade lable for 'W & T Jackson & Co Ltd, Leicester' Polished wooden case containing 8 anodised aluminium egg poises, case with brass ... read more

Estimate: £80 - £120
Buyer's premium: 30.00%

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