WMF letter scale, Germany
This letter scale has an elegant dish as a basis. The dish has some flowers and some flower buds. The dish is marked on the rear of the ear with the capitals WMFB and in addition the lower case as. The meaning of the letters WMF is known, it is the abbreviation for Württembergische MetallwarenFabrik. The capital B means Britannia Metal, a tin alloy with a silvery appearance. The letters a and s stand for antique silver finish, which means that flat areas are polished and that decorative areas are left oxidized. I found this information on the Pewterbank and on this ASCAS page. Use search term WMF on the first mentioned site.
The scale of the letter scale has the French measurement unit GRAMMES. This letter scale will therefore be made for sale in France. The scale goes up to 50 grams and has a stripe per five grams. Only between 10 and 20 grams there is even a stripe per gram.
There are many more letter scale models by WMF, see for example WMF letter scale, the WMF No.117 and also this WMF No. 525. They mainly differ in the appearance of the scale basis. Some models have a stamp box, other an ink set, other more extensive models an ink set, an envelope holder, a blotter, pen rest, stamp box and a thermometer.
Below some more pictures of this old letter scale.
back of the WMF letter scale
