THE UNIVERSAL LETTER SCALE

maker: CH. & Co., London, England
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letter scale, maker CH. & Co.
THE UNIVERSAL letter scale
 

This letter scale wit the name THE UNIVERSAL LETTER SCALE is made by the firm CH. & Co., from London in England. The pointer probably depicts the head of the English Queen Elizabeth II. She became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand on February 6, 1952. This letter scale will therefore date from after February 1952. This letter scale is a goose-neck model, several of which have already been shown on this site. The earlier scales of this "gooseneck" model are the silver one, the Let-R-Way, the Loth Parnell, the Lindells, the Svanström, the beer brewery Jacob Stauder, another Svanström, again a Parnell and the Swissair.
The design of this letter scale is very similar to a letter scale from the U.S.A. named THE FAMILY LETTER SCALE. It says maker W & K. MF'G CO. On its pointer is the head of the first US president, George Washington, I believe.
Both scales have a scale up to 6 ounces and the numerals are also the same: 0, ½, 1, ½, 2, ½, 3, 4, 5, 6.
A previous owner of my Universal Letter Scale added graduations for 20, 30, 40, and 50 grams.
Below some more images of the Universal letter scale with Elizabeth the second on the pointer.

back of the scale
back of the letter scale
 
scale
The Universal Letter Scale
with Elizabeth II
 
detail weger
the weighing range is 6 ounces that is equal to 170.1 grams
 
 
weger
THE FAMILY LETTER SCALE
with George Washington
 

detail 1
beautifully decorated retaining ring
 
detail 2
the decorated pointer
 
detail 3
the head of Queen Elizabeth II
 
detail 4
with 50 grams
 
detail 5
with 20 grams
 
detail 6
with 100 grams
 
detail 7
position at 100 grams
 
detail 8
with 150 grams
 
detail 9
this name is on it: CH & CO LONDON
 
detail 7
part of the decorated pointer
 
detail 8
part of the decorated pointer
 
detail 9
part of the decorated pointer of THE Family Letter Scale
 
detail 7
the head of Queen Elizabeth II
 
detail 8
zoomed in the head of Queen Elizabeth II
 
detail 9
zoomed in the head of George Washington
 
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