RIKKERS
RWA G100
letter scale

supplier Rikkers Brothers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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letter scale, Rikkers
Rikkers RWA G100 letter scale
 

This letter scale is from Rikkers Bros. in Amsterdam. "ENERGIE" Metalware factory from SINT OEDENRODE, HOLLAND made these letter scales by order of Rikkers.
The chart of 100 grams has a stripe of measure per ten grams, each ten grams is divided into five gram parts by means of two blocks.
An airmail version in the same housing was previously shown, see this Airmail letter scale. There you will find more information about the company Gebr. Rikkers. The Dutch quarterly magazine of the Weights and Measures Collectors Association contains the article De Rikkers Airmail brievenweger, by André Sol, Meten & Wegen, nr. 181, March 2018, pp. 4320-4325. An English version is published in Equilibrium, the quarterly magazine of the American / English collectors association International Society of Antique Scale Collectors, with the title Rikkers Airmail Letter Scale, by André Sol, EQM 2018, No.2, pp. 4476-4485.
Below some more pictures of the Rikkers RWA letter scale G100.
 
 

back of the scale
back of the Rikkers letter scale
 
scale detail
per five grams the 100 grams range is subdivided with blocks
per ten grams there are numbers and stripes
two positions
animation: with a weight of 100 grams
[move pointer over the photo]
 
scale detail
detail of the bottom with the hard to read text:
"ENERGIE" ST. OEDENRODE
HOLLAND

detail 1
on the front it says Postal Scale
 
 
detail 2
the back with the name Rikkers, the RWA logo,
and G100 for the scale type
 
detail 3
the letter plate
 
 
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« collection part 21 «© copyright André Solversion: October 31, 2020