Tobacco Scale.

Antique tobacco scale. An equal arm beam balance utilizing the classic combination of beam, fulcrum and pointer. A uniform bar, the beam, is suspended at its exact center on a knife-edge hinge set at right angles to it. This point of support is called the fulcrum. The two rare horn buckets of equal weight are suspended from the beam. A pointer attached at right angle to the beam at the fulcrum indicates zero on a scale when the beam is at rest parallel to a level surface. The base of the brass column is stamped with inspector’s hallmarks. France, Ca. 1880. Tobacco scale (C757). Dimensions: 14.5”H with11” beam and 5.25”diameter bowls. Shipping: $25.