Past And Present

by Nancy Plante March 16, 2023

Past And Present

An antique brass postal scale from the early 1900s.

 

Since our business was founded in 1905, we have many old tools that were used over the years.

Most of them are jewelry tools, but here is one well-used and well-loved relic from days gone by: Arthur Plante's postal scale.This scale, with its decorative motifs and intricate moving parts, was used from 1905 to the late 1990's.  

 

 

        A closeup of the bottom of an antique postal scale, showing the markings for Foreign Letters.

  A separate feature was provided, for weighing Foreign Letters.

 

 

                                   A digital postal scale.

 

The scale we use today, while functional, just doesn't have the same charm!

 

 

 





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