Antique Japanese Meiji Era (1868-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance 10lbs Weight 5.5" Chadansu 1926+/-) tetsubin (iron tea pot)

1926+/-) tetsubin (iron tea pot)

Weight = 12lbs

This is a ceramic Imari blue and white hibachi

rendered in fluid

Antique Japanese Meiji Era (1868-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance 10lbs Weight 5.5" Chadansu 1926+/-) tetsubin (iron tea pot)This is an antique Japanese balance scale (hakari) weight dating to the late Edo Era (c1800 1860). It has Japanese writing on one side and a shop logo on the other. It is bell shaped with a lanyard ring at the top to adjust up and down a pole scale. Stamped in copper alloy inlay is the official indication that this is a precise measure "" Markings "" (Shimotsuke pre Meiji Province now known as Tochigi ken) and The Manji (Buddha's Footprint In Buddhist