Summary

Alternative Name(s): Scales

Toy kitchen scales, made of metal. Two dishes on either end swivel on central axis. Comes with three circular weights made of light cardboard.

Part of a dolls' house, built around 1920 by Neil McArthur for his much younger half-sister Elizabeth (Beth) Twycross, born in 1917. Neil made the doll's house out of found materials including cigar boxes; he also made many of the furnishings in the doll's house. Some of the contents of the doll's house may date back to the 1860s, played with by ancestor Charlotte Twycross; most date to either the 1920s or the 1940s-50s. In the early 1950s the donor was given the spruced-up doll's house as a birthday present by her parents. In later years her own daughter later added items, although she wasn't allowed to play due to its fragility.

Physical Description

Toy scales, made of pressed metal. Rectangular black base, on which a central blue stand is attached. The word 'GERMANY' is pressed into base. A central axis is attached to this blue stand and a face of a king with a crown is pressed into centre top of metal. Two round silver dishes are attached to either end of a rod, which swivels on the axis. Comes with three circular weights, made of light cardboard, printed. Largest is labelled one pound, the middle sized weight labelled 1/4 pound and the smallest 2 ounces.

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