Early 20thC Shop/Pharmacy Counter Scales and Weights

A set of marble topped early 20thC shop, more likely a pharmacy, counter top scales.

The base is inlaid walnut with 'Evans Sons, Lescher & Webb Ltd, Liverpool' in gilt lettering. The twin brass pans show where the weights and measures department checked the accuracy of the scales each year. Comes complete with a set of brass weights ranging from 1/4 ounce to 2lb.

Condition... In good working order. No cracks in the marble, not splits in the wood. The gilt lettering is worn on one side. See pictures for more detail

Dimensions... Length 43.25 cm Width 17.25 cm Max height 19.5 cm Diameter of weighing pans 20 cm

Useful Information... Evans Sons Lescher and Webb of 56 Hanover Street, Liverpool and 60 Bartholomew Close, London, EC1; and at New York. (1922) In 1902 Evans, Sons, Lescher and Webb was incorporated as a public company by merging Evans, Lescher and Webb of London with the related business of Evans, Sons and Co of Liverpool. Evans, Sons, Lescher and Webb was registered on 17 October, to acquire certain businesses of wholesale and export druggists. In 1907, the company began to make biological medicines for humans and animals; these included sera and antitoxins for diphtheria, tetanus and meningitis. It worked closely with Liverpool University Medical School, with whom it jointly administered the Incorporated Liverpool Institute of Comparative Pathology at Runcorn. The company took over the Institute as a branch when the latter was faced with closure in 1911. In 1916 the firm established a works for the manufacture of fine chemicals at Runcorn. 1929 The Runcorn Institute became the Evans Biological Institute. 1943 The Liverpool headquarters was destroyed by enemy action. In 1945 Company name changed to Evans Medical Supplies, After that the firm progressively developed new manufacturing and research facilities at Speke, near Liverpool, where it is still based.

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