old letter scale

maker: unknown, Germany
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letter scale, maker unknown
letter scale
 

This letter scale has an isosceles base, a separate shape of the letter tray and a measuring scale fixed only on one side. The letter scale comes from Germany and is probably quite old. The weighing range is rather odd, namely 125 grams. In Sweden there were post weight limits of 15, 125, and 250 grams between 1880 and 1907. This letter scale was probably intended for use in Sweden during that period. The scale has one stripe per five grams and there is stripe per gram between ten and twenty grams. There are numbers at 0, 15, 25, 50, 75, 100 and 125. The unit of measurement grams is there with the abbreviation GRM. The brass stand has a square section. On the bottom of one of three legs are two crosses (X). The scale is 18.5 cm high. The letter plateau is 6.5 cm wide. I could not find an image in a catalog.
Below some more pictures of this old letter scale.

back of the scale
back of the letter scale
 
scale
the letter plateau has a special shape
 
 
two positions
animation:
without or with 50 grams on the letter plateau
[move the pointer over the photo]
scale
the letter scale
 
 

detail 1
a weighing range of 125 grams
 
detail 2
quite a counterweight
 
detail 3
the scale is fixed with 2 screws
 
detail 4
the detached letter plate
 
detail 5
the fulcrum of the scale
 
detail 6
the pointer is sharply pointed
 
two positions
animation:
with 50 or 100 grams on the letter plateau
[move pointer over the photo]
 
detail 8
an leg has the leveling screw
 
 
 
detail 9
bottom of tripod
 
 
 
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