BY T.BARTON, LATE NYE, CIRCA 1840

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A SET OF VICTORIAN TUNBRIDGEWARE POSTAL SCALES
BY T.BARTON, LATE NYE, CIRCA 1840
Of rectangular form, the canted sides with floral mosaic banding, the top with ebonised recesses for weights, with a printed paper label to the base T BARTON, Late NYE, Manufacturer, MOUNT EPHRAIM AND PARADE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, associated weights
9¾in. (24.7cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
E H & E R Pinto, Tunbridge & Scottish Souvenirs, G Bell & Sons 1970, pp38. Reference is made to Thomas Barton (1819-1902) who traded as "Thomas Barton, Late Nye" after Edmund Nye's death in 1863.

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