Bidspirit auction | Vintage American Family Scale with

Vintage American Family Scale with Food Illustrations - A vintage spring-driven kitchen scale featuring a painted sheet metal housing and a rectangular top platform. The circular dial face is printed with the brand name American in a black cursive script, followed by the capitalized block text FAMILY SCALE. The dial is graduated from 0 to 24 pounds, subdivided by ounces, with numerals 1 through 24 arranged clockwise. The center of the dial is decorated with colorful illustrations of food items including a steak, bananas, an apple, a fish, a chicken, tomatoes, grapes, and a head of lettuce. Printed at the bottom of the dial are the phrases WEIGHS 24 POUNDS BY OUNCES and NOT LEGAL FOR TRADE. The scale is equipped with a black central needle. The underside of the base features an orange heart-shaped adhesive label printed in black with the instructions TO REGULATE: TURN NUT UNDER TOP PLATFORM. The top platform is secured to the internal mechanism by two upright metal supports and features several factory-drilled circular and rectangular holes.