19th Century British Balance Scale With Removable Tray and Weights

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Wonderful Antique Parnall & Sons Ltd. of Bristol England, Iron and Metal Scale with weights. Circa Late 19th Century. With … more Wonderful Antique Parnall & Sons Ltd. of Bristol England, Iron and Metal Scale with weights. Circa Late 19th Century. With it's beautiful patina and paint design, will bring a rustic and quaint character to any space. The scale comes with a removable tray, and eight cast iron weights. The double pedestal base is painted black with gold and red detailing, and features the lettering “Parnall & Sons Ltd” and “Bristol” and stamped at base; To Weigh 28 lbs. (Apples not included)


Parnall & Sons Ltd was a shop and ship fitting and aircraft component manufacturer in Bristol, England. The original company was set up in 1820 by William Parnall in Narrow Wine Street, initially making weights and measures, before expanding into shop keeping equipment and shop fittings.
The public room outfit on the liner QE 2 was undertaken by Parnall & Sons of Fishponds
Parnall & Sons manufactured the interior of Bristol Britannia airliners

By the 1880s Parnall & Sons was the largest shop fitting company in England with showrooms in Narrow Wine Street and Fairfax Street, a scale works at Fishponds and branches in London and Swansea. The scales and weighing machines produced at the Fishponds foundry on Parnall Road included the hardy Patent Agate Hand Scales and the Patent National Balances invented by Mr Parnall, which sold 20,000 in 10 years.[1] In 1889 the company expanded into shopfronts, including glasswork and iron architecture and had over 400 employees. By the 1890s "there is hardly a city or town in Great Britain where their productions are not known and appreciated".[2] Weighing machine production was phased out after W & T Avery Ltd. was associated and the company concentrated on its well-known shop-front business. The foundry was later sold to George Adlam & Sons the iron founders and brewers engineers.

During the First World War the company started manufacture of aeroplanes and seaplanes, producing over 600 by 1918. George Geach Parnall left the company soon afterwards, who eventually went on to form Parnall Aircraft Ltd and successfully continued aircraft design and manufacture elsewhere in Bristol. less