herbs and letter scale | The height of this tall scale for weighing herbs and letters is 42.5 centimeters. By flipping over the counterweight one selects a weighing range of 250 grams or of 1000 grams. The scale of 250 grams has a stripe of measure per each gram. Figures are given per ten grams, extra are 5 and 15 grams. The scale of 1000 grams has a stripe of measure per five grams, here alternating short and long stripes. The unit of measurement is in German: Gramm. The frame has some images of a flower and of some leaves. The number 5 is in the frame near the zero leveling screw. This scale has no further brand, logo or name. | back of the scale |
the aluminum cup is connected to the scale by a stem |
brass reading stripe |
turn-over counterweight |
the two-legged swivel foot |
from the 1920s catalog of Otto Henss Sohn Bürobedarfsfabriken Weimar |
from the 1930s catalog of Fischer & Schwahr | the zero leveling screw and the figure 5 in the frame |
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