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ALICE-LEWIS WEIGHTS PAGE
I hope you will find something of interest in my World of Weights Dreams and perhaps in some little way I can help you to achieve your Dreams.
Introduction
I am Graham, I am a retired Bank Manager, currently fully occupied as a full time carer for my wife, who suffers from Tuberous Sclerosis. My interest in Weights goes back nearly 4 years, have owned various odd and quirky items during that period of time. As like many other Collectors, I have full set of Skittle and Bells Weights, to the stupid Home pride Weights. However with space a premium, I have concentrated over the past few years, with APOTHECARY WEIGHTS, BULLION WEIGHTS and SOVEREIGN WEIGHTS for period 1817-1843. As any collector in this field will know they are small, easy to maintain and relatively inexpensive.
Here is a link to my 'me' page on e-bay
http://members.ebay.co.uk/aboutme/alice-lewis/
My reference books for these Collections are:-
APOTHECARIES WEIGHTS -An outline Catalogue
NORMAN BIGGS
WHITE HORSE PUBLICATIONS 1994
BRITISH COIN WEIGHTS
A Corpus of the Coin Weights made for use in England, Scotland and Ireland
PAUL & BENTE WITHER
GALATA PRINT LTD 1993
BULLION WEIGHTS-An outline Catalogue
NORMAN BIGGS
WHITE HORSE PUBLICATIONS 1995
PONDERA MEDICINALIA
DANIEL VANGROENWEGHE & TILLO GELDOF
CENTRE FOR STUDY OF APOTHECARIES' WEIGHTS 1989
BACKGROUND
This collection of items was borne out of frustration, until late 1997 I collected half-crowns, specialising in pre Victorian coinage, but with the passage of time, the desire to acquire top quality pieces, was frustrated by the ever escalating price, which eventually persuaded me to sell up and look for a much cheaper area for collecting. Little did I know what I had let myself into in this area, however armed with the trusty inexpensive guides by Norman Biggs, I was soon able to acquire interesting pieces to grow the collection. Again here space and cost are paramount. The Sovereign weights relate in very nicely to my interest in Sovereign Rockers.
apothecaries' weights
Bullion weights
coin weights
Please not that the information provided here, is from my own Collection, hopefully as time and web space permits, I intend to provide pictures of the different variations.
Most of the above publications can be obtained from Paul Withers at Galata, he will be able to give you a link to his web site, please contact at
Immediately below are links to the ISASC web site.
For those Collectors interested in Weights
http://home.clara.net/brianp/isasc.html
For those Collectors interested in Scales
From time to time Howard & Frances Simmons of Simmons Gallery hold Mail Bid Auctions, with Scales and Weights featuring in some quantity. If you are interested you may use the following link:-
I PLAN TO LINK OTHER PICTURES AND ITEMS OF MEMORABILIA AS TIME PERMITS
Disclaimer
Alice-lewis is a privately run site that offers images and information as advice only. Therefore it cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of information within the pages. If you feel an error has been made, or the information is incorrect please contact me at the address below. All images and information within this site are copyright Alice-lewis. It takes a lot of time to produce the images and information, copying or using them without permission is theft. Remember respect the law and do not take images or information from this or any other page connected to the site without permission. This site is in no way connected to or authorised by ISASC.
Finally I would like to thank everybody, who have taken the time and trouble to read my thoughts and I sincerely hope in some little way I have helped you to achieve your own World of Dreams
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