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Brass, horseshoe shaped scales, 7" x 61/2", on stand, with diagonal shaft and attached cradle, 8" wide, and suspended balance.

Used for weighing eggs for export. Eggs needed to conform to a certain minimum weight. Believed to be approximately 80 years old.

These scales were used by Michael John McDonagh's father at Cullilea, who dealt in eggs until the 1940s.

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