1871-85 RARE JOHN SHELDON SILVER POCKET TRAVELLING POSTAL letter Scales & Pencil For Sale
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1871-85 RARE JOHN SHELDON SILVER POCKET TRAVELLING POSTAL letter Scales & Pencil:
$397.86
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VERY RARE JOHN SHELDON SILVER POCKET TRAVELLING POSTAL LETTER SCALES BALANCE AND PROPELLING PENCIL.
John Sheldon engine turned letter/sovereign scale, with seal end plain. Capacity is 2 oz. English, circa 1871-1885.
Yes the beautiful display box is included in the sale so it would make a stunning present or gift, all you need is wrapping paper.
This is for a lovely John Sheldon Victorian pocket letter scale reeded column design. Perfect working order in museum worthy condition.
To open I found a flick of the wrist is the fastest most effective way to deploy the sprung loaded grip section.
John Sheldon was a great pioneer of Victorian ideas, particularly in the writing field and this is one of his great designs. When you pull the top off it reveals postal scales inside. On one side you have a clip that is housed inside the scales and flips out when the inner scale is pulled down, when it does so it is sprung to pull back up so that when you clip a letter it pulls down and gives you a reading on the side. The bottom of the pencil case has a plain seal , and this case is blank. It is all made in what the catalogue of the time called German silver and it has a classic all over raised reeded column design around the whole body. It is marked down the side 'John Sheldon' . It is in good condition, with a couple of small indents near the pencil end which is only slightly cosmetic and does not affect the working whatever, everything works properly and the scales are sprung tightly. The pencil works perfectly propelling rod fully functional.
When closed it measures 10.3 cm long closed
12.5 cm open
by 8mm in barrel diameter
Weighs 12.85 grams
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If you want spotless then the high street is for you, but if you want a great antique that will appreciate in price with age then this is for you.
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Please look at all my other great items I have for sale. I gladly offer combined postage. The last of the pictures shows a very small amount of my 750 strong collection of SAMPSON MORDAN. I will be listing these soon and are not part of this sale. ( reference only )
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