Nested cup weights - Roman brass steelyard balance - Cast brass

- Read Carefully And Check The Entire Photo Gallery - Old Brass Weighing Scale (Stadera) Dating From the Early 1900s With Old Punch Marks, Office of the Metric System Of Which One From the Savoy Period - Medium-Sized, Capable of Weighing 6 Kilograms, With a 28 cm Plate (Basin), 50 cm From the Fulcrum, And a Brass Roman Counterweight - Not Touched or Polished to Preserve Its Originality, Yet Still Very Well Preserved - Kept By the Owner In An Old Rock-Cellar - The Stadera is a Roman-origin balance scale based on the principle of levers. It consists of a lever with unequal arms and a fulcrum, which is usually fixed. On the longer arm, which may carry one or more scales (usually 2), slides a weight called a romano; on the shorter arm there may be either a plate or a hook bearing the object or goods to be weighed. For enthusiasts of the genre, a piece that cannot be missing from any collection. Antique stadera balance scale, with a brass basin welded to tin. Brass weight with the possibility of weighing objects not resting in the basin but hung from the hooks provided. Production period 1920/1949, The Stadera shows punches in several parts as evidence of professional use. This vintage/antique item may show some signs of wear such as scratches and other signs of aging. Unsubstantial signs of use, darkening due to aging on the iron. Material: Iron, Brass - EXACTLY AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTO -

Stima:€110

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