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A very rare set of Chinese 'Banjo Scales', with raised dots…
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Melbourne
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25-May-2011
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A very rare set of Chinese 'Banjo Scales', with raised dots forming Chinese characters representing a sort of Manufacturers mark, the Chinese brought scales with them which had usually been previously used to weigh spices, herbs and/or opium, and were mostly at least decades old when brought here in the mid 19th century. 34 cm long
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Oriental: Zother