VTG American Family Scale 25 LBS Farmhouse Kitchen Cream w/ Dark Orange

VTG American Family Scale 25 LBS Farmhouse Kitchen Cream w/ Dark Orange
Used; paint has come off in many places; mostly clean; looks & works great!

The business that would eventually become American Family Scale was first organized in Chicago just after the Civil War by German immigrants Meyer Hirsch and Moses Rubel. It would take another several decades for American Cutlery to start manufacturing spring scales, but they did so with some gusto from the get-go, translating the refined aesthetic of their hand-forged steel knives for the purposes of weights and measures.

It was Meyer Hirsch’s three sons—Isaac, Henry, and Moses—who really led the push into the scale biz at the dawn of the 20th century, smartly recognizing the long term benefits of diversification.
(INV #3)