Tuesday 19 July 2011

At Last!

Finally, after many years of searching, many near misses on eBay and many hunts in antique or junk shops to no avail, I have found a pair of Avery sweet shop scales. Luckily they weren't fifty squillion miles away from home (nobody will post these as they weigh an absolute ton) and didn't cost the earth...infact they were quite a bargain and cheaper than my normal boring everyday scales...Yay!
Aren't they just fab? I spent Sunday afternoon dismantling them and cleaning 56 years of sweetie shop grime from them..and how do I know that it's 56 years? As the date of May 8th 1955 is stamped inside.
Now I've just got to fathom out how to get the needle back to zero. Maths was never my strong point!
Don't you just LoVe it when you can tick something off the wish list!


ps. Thankyou so much for your last lovely messages, it was so nice that I hadn't been forgotten and that you don't mind putting up with my waffly, erratic posts! x

47 comments:

  1. How lovely and I am absolutely green. I too have been looking for this sort of scale to go along with all the other vintage finds I have found. Well found that girl. Love the erratic posts and the lovely piccies that come along too. Your dresser and the crocks are fab

    Pattypan

    xx

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  2. Ooh you're so lucky. I've always wanted some too!

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  3. Those are looovely, and I have severe dresser envy too! x

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  4. How lovley your scales are,like everyone else I too would love some.I enjoy reading your lovley blog its very pretty.Lots of love Jill xx

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  5. Just 'blog hopped' from Gypsy and Nell. Only last night I watched a programe with the same sort of scales in the shop and thought..mmm, I'll keep a look out for some of them! So congratulations, they look great :o) (Is there a hiddden knob or wheel that will adjust the reading underneath?)
    Best wishes
    Rose H

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  6. Ooooh nice sweet shop scales.....
    can I have a quarter of cherry lips please?
    :-)

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  7. can I have a 1/4 of toffee bon bons please?

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  8. Thats a brilliant find! They look fantastic.

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  9. Very Faberooney indeed!
    Rachel x

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  10. Lovely scales. There must be quite a few around as there used to be so many independent sweet shops or were they discarded in favour of the more modern scales as is so often the case. It looks fantastic on your dresser.
    June

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  11. They are fabbo - reminds me of the sweet shop I used to visit every Saturday as a child - can I have some sherbert pips please :)

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  12. Oh they are FAB!..and you've done a great job cleaning them because they look like new! Love your dresser and all your Cornishware. :0)

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  13. Beautiful. I've got a similar set that I rescued from my mums potters shed. They're not as mint as yours as were used for weighing glazes. Love your bog too :)

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  14. What a brilliant find, they look fab! And I just love your dresser and everything on it too! :)

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  15. Always glad when I see your wee thingy pop up to say you've posted. You even write sad stuff in a want to read more way if that doesn't sound too odd. Love your new look and your scales - woo hoo. I know what you mean about mental lists. SOmetimes daft people ask me at the car boot what I'm looking for and I just look and them and think dur. There's years of lists and wants stored in there to be ticked off of course, that's half the fun of the looking and coming home with yet more toot.

    Take care Sairer and have fun with your scales.

    X

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  16. I saw scales just like yours last week in a vintage shop in Shrewsbury and thought they were lovely, but too big for my kitchen xx

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  17. i love it.. what a fab thing to have.. i would totally be playing shop with these if they were mine!!...
    charl
    x

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  18. These are fab, they look so at home xxx

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  19. Scales are amazing, lucky you...they look fab in your kitchen.
    Nattie x

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  20. I am officially jealous.



    Oh and I miss you.

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  21. I love them - I've always wanted some like that - what a great find!
    x

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  22. lucky you , so glad to hear from you again , hope things are getting for you , love Helen xx

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  23. I have "Scale love"
    Helen xx

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  24. I still have scales, and an old till on my wish list - those are fabulous

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  25. I'd like a set of these! They look in great condition. Would be good to find out how to set that needle to zero though! x

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  26. Oooh they are lovely Sairer. I have a set in my pantry. Let me know if you haven't figured out how to get the needle back to zero and I will let you know x

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  27. How wonderful, lucky you. They look so at home on the corner of your dresser. And if your weighing out sweets I'll have 2oz pinapple chunks, which used to cost about 2p. Now I do feel old!!
    louise

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  28. How fabulous are those scales and they sound like a brilliant bargain to boot.

    Love your blog.

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  29. Wow!!!! There are some pretty exciting scale in this blog..

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  30. Oooh now they are rather nice. What a find, well done you. Our village shop had some of those when I was a kid, loved them them and now. Smashing find.

    Lovely to see you back blogging.
    Thanks for the words on the hens. They're fab and the boys (especially Archie,) do love them. The cats can't take their eyes of them but the hens don't bat an eyelid now.
    Take care
    Stephx

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  31. Definitely, that's a best buy.
    You're so lucky.

    Cassy from Acoustic Guitar Lessons

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  32. I just discovered your beautiful blog. Your photographs are fabulous! I live on Long Island in New York. I have now become a dedicated follower. Come visit me @ www.lifeatwildberrycottage.com Lana

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  33. hi did you find how to set the needle to zero as i have bought the exact same pair and cant get the needle to zero!

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    1. hello, no sorry I havent found out how to do it yet,still searching for an answer though!

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    2. Any luck finding out how to zero these scales? I have same model, same problem!

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    4. Hi!, no I haven't found out how to yet, I've just ended up leaving them as I found them... Still hoping though!

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    5. My boyfriend and I have just finished getting my scales to zero...

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  34. Hello

    I found your blog while researching Avery Scales

    If anyone is interested, I have an identical set of Avery scales which I am happy to sell.

    If you would like to make me an offer, please email me mbishop@blueyonder.co.uk.
    We are in Melksham, Wiltshire.

    Mark

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  35. Hi..lovely scales..I have just got identical set but they are 2 1/2 oz out..as yours are on pic have you managed to work out how to adjust?

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    1. Hello, no sorry, I never found out how to adjust them. I've given up to be honest,they've since become a fruit holder!

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    2. If you dismantle cradle and unscrew ceramic disc..underneath is a section with lead weights..we kept taking them out and putting scoop with all screws..ceramic top and discs..on top until the needle steadily stayed at zero...after gently weighing etc we put it all back together...balanced the feet until spirit level bubble was centred. Out scales are now at zero and are almost perfect... They weigh true.

      Also if you dismantle underneath there is a vessel filled with linseed oil which acts as a damper..it had dried out and left a sticky rim..so scrubbed it out and re-filled with teak oil..(that's all we had to hand)... You can adjust the needle slightly with the face unscrewed...
      But from a clunky....unbalanced set of scales we now have a lovely smooth balanced set. 😀
      One other thing to mention when we got these the scoop and scale were side by side but we unscrewed and turned it round so the scoop was in front like yours.

      Debz

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    3. How did you get those two silver "bolts" with the two little holes undone? Mine seem frozen solid...

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    4. Also, why not post some photos up somewhere...you'd be helping a LOT of people get their scales working again...

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  36. We have worked out how to zero the scales!

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    1. Oooooh well done!!! I get asked all the time when people find a picture of my scales... Ok you'll have to share the secret now 😉 x

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