I have a pocket stalliard. I had no idea what it's name was. It is easy to tell it's use from looking but I wondered why it was so small. Now I wonder what it's time period might be? Do you know Paul? It does seem reasonable to think the other item is also a pocket tool and not luxurious fabric. Diana

Pocket and other small and portable scales were very common in early times, usually weighing objects or products from 2 lbs. up to 6 or 8 lbs, depending upon the length of the beam. Such were particularly useful by travelling merchants - peddlars and other retailers who sold such as chemicals, herbs, seasonings, teas, buttons, coffee, inks, small quantities of yarn, dyes, etc., etc. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Williams" <DianainDallas@prodigy.net> To: > Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 9:10 AM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] pocket stalliard | I have a pocket stalliard. I had no idea what it's name was. It is easy | to tell it's use from looking but I wondered why it was so small. Now I | wonder what it's time period might be? Do you know Paul? | It does seem reasonable to think the other item is also a pocket tool and | not luxurious fabric. | | Diana | | | | ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== | VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb | | | ============================== | Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp |