household scale

This strange primitive-looking scale has a dish to weigh stuff in. The zinc? dish can be removed. The stem of the dish is very easily made of a good head nail that is fixed with solder. The brass scale is different from all the quadrant scales shown earlier. This scale is bent horizontally and is therefore easy to read. The pointer of the scale rotates on the same axis as the pendulum arm with the measuring scale. As a result, the balance automatically returns to zero even in a tilted position. The weighing range is 500 grams. There is a stripe per ten grams. Up to 250 grams there is also a dot per intermediate value, at 5, 15, 25, et cetera. The gram as the unit of measurement is not indicated on the scale. The pointer, the vertical rod of the mechanism, the upright, and the measuring scale holding arms are simply folded parts. This scale seems to be a product from just after the Second World War.
The scale is 27.5 cm high, the dish diameter is 13.5 cm. The foot is 10.3 cm round.
Below some more images of this special household scale.