ART DECO
letter scale
in black & chrome

maker: Jakob Maul, Germany
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letter scale, maker Jakob Maul
black Art Deco letter scale by Jakob Maul
 

The housing of this letter scale has a beautiful front due to the pattern of stripes and the symmetrically placed window with the chart. The back also has the beautiful striped pattern and a chrome edging. The scale stands on a black glass plate. The bottom has a furniture protective layer. This letter scale fits in the Art Deco period from 1920 to 1939. This scale has a handle on the top of the housing for switching the range of weighing. As desired 100 or 250 grams. The chart of 100 grams has a stripe per each gram. The 250 grams chart is subdivided per five grams. The chart can be rotated with the knob situated at the right side of the house to adjust it to zero. This side also has the logo JM and a D.R.P. indication. The Deutsches Reich Patent with number 676942 was granted on December 25 1937. It mentions Dipl.Ing. Fritz Scharmann as the inventor. The patent was announced on May 25 1939 and was published June 15 1939. These scales were made by the company Jakob Maul, from Zell in Germany.
The base plate is 15 x 6 cm, the letter plate is 14 cm high. The scale housing is 12.5 cm wide and 4.2 cm deep.
 

back of the letter scale
back of the letter scale
 
patent-figures 1
figures from the German patent with number 676942
 
patent-figures 2
figures from the German patent with number 676942
 

At the bottom of this page are the different colored versions: black, red, olive green and dark brown. There are also copies in gray hammered finish. The dark brown version was shown on an earlier page. The red version can be found on this page. The rather rare version in olive green is also on a separate page.
Below are some more images of this beautiful Art Deco letter scale.

scale detail
the double pointer
 
 
front scale housing
symmetrically placed decorative stripes below the
symmetrically placed measurements window
 
scale detail
two weighing ranges: 100 grams and 250 grams
 
 
detail 1
the shift lever to set 100g or 250g range
 
detail 2
the bottom of the glass plate has a furniture protection layer
 
detail 3
the JM logo of Jakob Maul and the D.R.P. indication
 
the black version
the black version
 
the red version
the red version
 
the olive green version
the olive green version
 
the dark brown version
the dark brown version
 
the black version
again the black version
 
black and olive green
the black and the olive green Art Deco letter scale
 
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