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Antique Italian Bench Weight Scale, Chromed Brass and Lacquered Wood, 10 Weights
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century Italian bench weight scale, chromed brass and lacquered wood, with 10 weights
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Early 20th Century Italian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

19th Century XL Brass 7 Pound Weight Scale Apothecary Pharmacy Paperweight Desk
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Heavy and very large, 7 pound scale weight, hourglass form.
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Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Lovely antique Edwardian postal scales & weights
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Edwardian postal scales & weights, having a lovely pair of antique Edwardian brass
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Antique Edwardian brass postal scales & weights
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian brass postal scales having a pair of original brass postal scales standing on a
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Equal Arm Brass Scale with Weights
Located in Houston, TX
This equal arm brass scale is set on a wooden platform with brass weights. The wooden platform has
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19th Century French Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Antique Equal Arm Brass Scale with Weights
Equal Arm Brass Scale with Weights
H 10.5 in W 19.5 in D 10.5 in
Vintage Fairbanks Scales Wrought Iron and Brass Scale with Weights
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage wrought iron and brass scale with weights is made in the United States by Fairbanks Scales
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Early 20th Century North American Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Antique Doctors Standing Scale with Sliding Weights
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a beautiful antique FAIRBANKS Industrial stand up doctors' scale. It has a height indicator
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Early 20th Century Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Iron

English Victorian Postal Scales with Brass Weights
Located in Queens, NY
"English Victorian postal scales with brass weights consisting of two-4lb weights and a 2lb weight
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Metal

Imperial standard Avoir weights by De Grave of London for Lancashire dated 1906
By De Grave Short, Fanner & Co.
Located in London, GB
the 18th century, circa 1767, and produced weights, scales and measures. From 1817 to 1844 the
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Early 20th Century English Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Lovely set of antique Edwardian postal scales & weights
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely set of antique Edwardian postal scales & weights, having a lovely pair of antique Edwardian
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Antique American Iron Balance Weighing Scale with Weights
Located in Queens, NY
"American (early 20th Century) balance weighing scale Set on a concave rectangular cast iron
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Early 20th Century American American Colonial Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

1920s Doctors' Medical Scale Mechanical Stand Up with Weights
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1920. We offer this antique Industrial stand up doctors' scale. Features height indicator and
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1920s American Industrial Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

French 19th Century Set of Scale Weights Stand Desk Accessory
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century Set of Brass Scale Weights, France A charming late 19th Century set of weights in
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Late 19th Century French Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

French Restauration Period Cast Brass Double Scale & Weights, ca. 1825
Located in Atlanta, GA
In complete and original condition and retaining bright patina this set of scales has a main scale
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1820s French Restauration Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Antique English Victorian Brass Letter Scale & Weights, Circa 1880-1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Brass Letter Scale with Weights, Circa 1880-1890.
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Antique Edwardian quality iron and copper scales & original iron weights
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Edwardian quality iron and copper scales having a quality set of iron shop scales with a
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Early 20th Century Edwardian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Copper, Iron

Antique Brass and Wood Set of Scales with Assorted Weights
Located in New Orleans, LA
19th Century Victorian Era Brass and Wood Set of Scales with Assorted Weights.
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19th Century English Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

English Late 19th Century Large Brass Table Scale and Weights
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
scale includes the weights with which it is pictured.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Marble, Brass, Copper, Iron

Large Antique French Brass and Iron Balance Scale with Weights
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Elegant brass scale marked: Ets Testut 8 Rue Popincourt 8 Paris. Includes measurement indicator
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Early 20th Century French Industrial Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Large 19th Century English Brass Scale with Weights and Bull Finial
Located in Atlanta, GA
This monumental 19th-century English brass scale presents a rare double-tiered configuration
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19th Century English Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Model #309-1 Vintage Scale and Weights by Brown & Sharpe Mfg.
Located in San Diego, CA
Model #309-1 vintage small scale and grain weights by Brown & Sharpe Mfg. of Providence, Rhode
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Early 20th Century Philippine Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Iron

Antique Victorian Brass & Scottish Agate Postal Scale & Weights, Circa 1865-1870
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Victorian Brass and Scottish Agate Postal scale with Weights, Circa 1865-1870.
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Agate, Brass

19th C Wonderful Spanish Shop Scale with Original Set of Weights
Located in Leuven , BE
There is a glass window on just one side so these would not have a counter between the customer and shop assistant, perhaps they were used to weigh tea, or coffee or chocolate.
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19th Century Spanish Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Metal

Antique Metal Chinese Medicine Scale and Weight with Zitan Case, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
Antique Metal Chinese Medicine Scale and Weight with Zitan Case, 19th Century Provenance: Private
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Metal

Nineteenth Century Hanging Bronze Scales with Nested Six Weights, 21-in high
Located in Fayetteville, AR
scales features two hanging brass pans that hang from chains. Six accompanying gram weights of different
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Late 19th Century French Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Bronze

Scale with weights. Iron. Widow of José Menaya, Valencia (Spain), 19th c.
Located in Madrid, ES
Scale with weights. Iron. Widow of José Menaya, Valencia (Spain), around the second half of the
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Late 19th Century Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Other, Iron

Lovely set of quality antique Victorian letter and postal scales and weights
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely set of quality antique Victorian letter and postal scales and weights having a quality set
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Set of 9 Antique Brass Scale Weights in Wood Block Apothecary 1920s
Located in Dayton, OH
1920's brass apothecary scale weight set including nine weights (one 50 gram, three 100 grams, one
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1920s Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Set of W T Avery 10 LB Bankers Balance Scales and Weights
By W & T Avery
Located in London, by appointment only
Magnificent set of very large bankers 10lb balance scales together with a contemporary set of
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Late 19th Century British Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Napoleon III Walnut and Brass Scale with Set of Weights
Located in Dallas, TX
This Classic, antique scale with original plates was created in Dijon France, circa 1870
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Fantastic set of antique Victorian postal scales and weights by S.Mordan London
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic set of large antique Victorian postal scales and weights by S.Mordan London, having a
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Antiques french Scale with set of Weights France 19th Wrought Iron and Brass
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Antiques french Scale, France 20th Century. Wrought Iron and Brass. This exquisite antique scale
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Huge Heavy Carved Stone Trilobite Sculpture
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
blue sandstone. Thanks to its weight, scale and grandeur, this large trilobite sculpture has a huge
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Early 20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Stone, Sandstone

Huge Heavy Carved Stone Trilobite Sculpture
Huge Heavy Carved Stone Trilobite Sculpture
H 33.47 in W 64.97 in D 43.31 in
French Baker's Scale
Located in Houston, TX
French Baker's scale. This antique cast iron baker's scale includes original weights. Great
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Iron

French Baker's Scale
French Baker's Scale
H 11.5 in W 29.75 in D 13.13 in
Ex Libris Mario Marino - Original Woodcut by A. Giuliani - Early 20th Century
By Attilio Giuliani
Located in Roma, IT
ex libris that depicts a fox and a weight scale, symbols of the law. The work has been realized by
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Early 20th Century Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Woodcut

Butchers Balance Scales, Advertising Palethorpes’ Sausages
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Bell Weights The scale has a brass weight plate on one side and a square ceramic platter on the other
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1920s Folk Art Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Iron

Jockey Scales from Market Rasen Racecourse
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Avery brass height and weight standing jockey scales from Market Rasen Racecourse  This is a
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Late 19th Century English British Colonial Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Monumental Floor Standing Brass Butcher Scale
Located in Cheshire, GB
A large set of floor standing brass balance scales and graduated weights with bullhead terminal
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Early 20th Century Spanish Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Cast Iron Personal Weighing Scales by JARASO
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Cast Iron Personal Weighing Scales by JARASO Quirky scales to keep your weight personal, the
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Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Iron

Antique 18th Century Trebuchet, Money Changer's Balance, With Its Weights
Located in Bilzen, BE
Wooden trebuchet with its weights. These kind of scales were used by money changers to weigh
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18th Century German Industrial Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

Semi-Automatic Large Bakelite Grocery Scale, Czech Republic, 1930s
Located in Żory, PL
-automatic scale, with internal weights. The scale is set with stylish metal buttons. Adjustable legs and
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Early 20th Century Industrial Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Metal

Sterling Silver Postal Scales - Desk Ideas - Hallmarked in 1913
By George Betjemann & Sons
Located in London, London
Silver Postal Scales, are plain in design, and have the original silver plated weights. The postal
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1910s English Edwardian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Sterling Silver

French 19th Century Louis XVI Style Marble and Ormolu Statue/Paper Weight
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
small scale statue/paper weight, signed F. Barbedienne and G. Gardet named "Poussin Sortant De l'Œuf
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Lovely set of antique Victorian quality brass Irish postal scales
Located in Ipswich, GB
Victorian brass postal scales with brass weights mounted on a wooden shaped base. D. 1880
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Orientalist Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Man Holding Small Scale, Franz Bergmann
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Petaluma, CA
scale has a small weight on the scale while a banana is weighing heavier on the other side. An example
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Early 20th Century Austrian Other Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Bronze

Extraordinary Scale Pair of Marble Effect Wooden Urns France circa 1890
Located in Southampton, GB
A rare pair of simulated marble painted urns, extraordinary scale and weight! These were likely a
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19th Century French Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Oak

Large Antique English "Bartlett & Son, " Goose Neck Merchant's Scale, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
, circa 1880. Heavy Brass Commodity Scale with Weights Included
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Late 19th Century English Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

Superb Large Painted Iron Balance Scales by Holliday & Co London 1907
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
with its ring weights The scale is 30” high and 26” wide, and 15” deep PH120
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Early 1900s Industrial Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Iron

Gold Rush Pocket Scale in an Green enameled Tin, ca 1850
Located in York County, PA
EXCEPTIONAL GOLD RUSH POCKET SCALE WITH GREEN, ENAMELED TIN, GILT EAGLE & LETTERING THAT READS
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1850s American Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Metal

Large Early 20th Century King Edward vii W & T Avery Beam Scale
By W & T Avery
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large antique wrought iron and brass beam weight balance scale by W and T Avery Ltd. of Soho
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Early 20th Century English Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass, Wrought Iron

19th Century Cast Iron Monopodia Conservatory Tiered Shelves, One of a Set of 3
Located in London, GB
Of great weight and scale, and enormous impact Constructed of three graduated tiers, with robustly
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19th Century English Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Iron

French Marble Top & Wrought Iron Kitchen Island
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
, accented by brass rosettes on the ends of the lower stretcher rod. The substantial scale and weight is
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19th Century French Directoire Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Marble, Brass, Iron

Solid, Rustic French Limestone Fireplace Mantel 18th Century
Located in Haarlem, Noord-Holland
XIII design Exceptional scale and weight Rich, naturally aged surface with deep textural character
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Early 18th Century French Louis XIII Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Stone, Limestone

Travel pharmacy in mahogany wood and brass, England 1790.
Located in Milan, IT
the drawer we find a small mortar and a folding scale with weights. Great Britain, late 18th century.
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Late 18th Century English Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

A trunk style travel apotecary cabinet in mahogany wood and brass, England 1790.
Located in Milan, IT
brass needle that acts as a stopper. This is also divided into compartments containing a removable scale
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Late 18th Century English Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass

WWI brass Carl Zeiss Jena "Fussartillerie" artillery compass
Located in London, GB
marked N. Back marked: D17. left-hand edge marked ZEIL with a 9 cm scale. Weight: 0.6 kilos. For a
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Early 20th Century German Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Leather Bound Royal Edition of The Times Newspaper 1936 in Superb Condition
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
What a Book! The sheer scale and weight makes for a wonderful talking piece. The Times London
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Early 20th Century British Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Leather, Paper

Antique Print of a Police Officer from The Military Costume of Turkey , 1818
Located in Langweer, NL
in disguise, who seize upon the light bread of some baker, or the weights and scales of any other
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1810s Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Paper

Period Dutch Baroque Silver Gilt Carved Wood Mirror
Located in Hudson, NY
mirror presence and style along with weight and scale. The carving is very bold and has been touched up
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Wonderful Victorian Jeweled Paste Set Frame
Located in Riverdale, NY
access to replace photos from the back. Lovely scrolled easel back. Extraordinary quality, weight and
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1870s British Victorian Antique Weight Scales

Materials

Crystal, Brass

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Antique Weight Scales For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of antique weight scales for sale on 1stDibs. Each of these unique antique weight scales was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and iron. There are all kinds of antique weight scales available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Industrial, Victorian and Art Deco antique weight scales are consistently popular styles. Many antique weight scales are appealing in their simplicity, but Henry Pooley & Son, John Joseph Mechi and S. Mordan & Co. produced popular antique weight scales that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Weight Scales?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $875, while they’re typically $95 on the low end and $19,500 highest priced.
Questions About Antique Weight Scales
  • 1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
    How you read a hanging weight scale depends on the design. Analog hanging scales will usually have either a round or vertical bar dial marked with ounce and pound or milligram and gram markings. Look to where the needle points to determine the weight. Newer digital scales will usually show the weight in ounces or grams on a display. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of hanging scales.