Great Yarmouth Museums

Record Number: GRYEH : 1973.182

'Hanging balance scales, iron beam, painted decoration with makers name; H.Wedderburn and Son, Church Plain, Great Yarmouth. Weighing limit 56 lbs, two copper pans with brass fittings, four brass weights 1oz 2oz
4oz 8oz...'

The scales were given to the Museum in 1973 by Mr.G.Freeman, then resident in Great Yarmouth.

Believed to date from 1882/1883, when the London & Yarmouth scalemaking business was temporarily under the control of Harriet Wedderburn, following the death of her husband Jabez....

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