Drooling over the range. We just closed up my parents’ house. My dad has his great grandfather’s scales from the hardware store he owned. They work great. My dad uses them when he makes bread.
What a treasure to have those scales, still!
I have a friend who has a lot of his granddad’s old carpentry tools. Still in great shape....years of taking good care.
Thank you. I’m kinda embarrassed at how rusty it looks.....when I took it out of the family homestead, it was nice and handsome...all polished with stove black. [now there’s a chore I don’t miss] ;)
To the far right of the range is a lid that lifts and a copper reservoir holds a couple of gallons of water....kept warm for washing dishes? I suppose.
The movers said it weighed 600 #. :)
I love old scales.