This set of scales, made by the long-established Staffordshire firm of Salters, is possibly arouund 150 years old. I spotted it in a pub in Leek where it had been retired, and is simply used as decoration.
This close-up reveals the firm's trademark - a Stafford Knot pierced by an arrow. Why an arrow? Who knows?
As the history of the firm reveals, this design was used on the shirts of a local football team as long ago as the 1880s (- and people think shirt sponsorship is a new thing!!)
Since I started following this blog several years ago, I'm now acutely aware of the Staffordshire knot, which I seem to encounter rather often even though I don't live in Staffordshire. (Or even the UK.) More times than not - no pun intended - a brief enquiry leads to a Staffordshire connexion somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the on-going enlightenment,
Robin
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