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Brass Postal Scales by S. Mordan & Co. London

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Brass Postal Scales by S. Mordan & Co. London - click to enlarge.Brass Postal Scales by S. Mordan & Co. London - click to enlarge.

Brass Postal Scales made by S. Mordan and Co. England. This balance was built on the Roberval principle which employs upper and lower crossbeams. The maker's trade Mark is inscribed on the upper cross beam. The postal rates inscribes on the rectangular plate were in use around 1885. Complete with a set of 3 flat circular weights 4, 2, 1 oz.Sampson Mordan was born in 1790 and died in 1843. S. Mordan & Co. are first listed in 1825 at 22 Castle Street, City Road as pencil and pen manufacturers. They started manufacturing scales in 1839. Mordan & Co. ceased trading in 1941.