letter scale on a high wooden pedestal
This letter scale is an old model. I don't know who the maker is. This scale probably comes from Germany. I did find the weighing mechanism on a lower wooden base in a Philipp Jakob Maul catalogue from around 1900. The same weighing mechanism is on a cast iron base in a Hartner catalogue from 1912. In the 1908 Kistler catalogue a letter scale is depicted with the same mechanism mounted on a cast iron tripod.
Letter scales on a wooden base were only made in Germany for a limited number of years and were used on a very limited number of models. Wood was used much more often in France for making scale bases.
The weighing range of 250 grams is divided per 5 grams. Only 0, 15, 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 are shown in numbers. The unit of measure gram is indicated to the right of the 0 as Gr. The diameter of the wooden base is 86 millimeters, the base is 60 mm high. The letter scale is 249 mm high.
Below are some more images of this letter scale on a high wooden base.
back of the letter scale
