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    • Jiffy-way egg scales
    • A scalebeam 50 pounds
    • Jiffy-way egg scales
    • Triner letter scales
    • Roberval letter scales
    • Chappee trade weights
    • Polish weights in a case
    • Bilateral letter scales
    • Dragons and Angels Beranger system scales
    • Hartley household ladle scales
    • Jaraso bathroom scales
    • Jernbolaget Eskilstuna kitchen scales
    • Letter scales with two pendulums
    • Pendulum scales on a wooden base
    • The Hobart Manufacturing Co. letter scales
    • Russian scalebeam with a grenade counterweight
    • Martini scale
    • Acme egg scales
    • Khambati scales and balance weight
    • A scalebeam in a triangular shape
    • Roman scales with a pan
    • JM letter scales in a black case
    • Quadrant Balance spring scalebeam
    • Crane weight, 1 ounce
    • Simple decorated scalebeam
    • Dulton household scales with a timer
    • Metric weights set 50 g – 1000 g
    • English trade weights
    • Avery pound balance weight
    • Glass scales
    • Scalebeam for weighing meat
    • Ph. Schwabe manual scales in a case
    • Scalebeam for weighing rate of bread
    • Salter letter scales
    • Presto letter scales
    • Postamatic letter scalebeam
    • Dr. C.H. Fitch prescription scales
    • Silverloy dental scales
    • Pelouze candy scales
    • Chatillon trade scales
    • Scalebeam in a case with the image of an elephant
    • Salter spring letter scalebeam
    • WT monetary scales
    • Little Detective scales
    • Letter scales measuring in lots
    • Folding beam coin scales
    • Folding coin scales in a case
    • Young America kitchen scales
    • "Eighth of a pound" cast iron weight
    • Scale Queen letter scales
    • Wooden scalebeam with a movable weight
    • Letter scales with advertising
    • Triner Scales letter scales
    • A weight in the form of a bird
    • Scales for test tubes
    • Fairbanks gun powder scales
    • Salter infant scales
    • De Grave inspection scales
    • Souvenir scales for letters with an eagle
    • Gottlieb Kern decorated letter scales
    • Marshall, Son & Co. letter scales
    • Avery letter scales
    • Avery scales for bread
    • V.H.Marsden trade scales photo
    • Pan scales from Bryansk city
    • Shaler's household scales
    • "Nizhegorodskie" scales for coins
    • Buddy scales for letters
    • Letter scales with a container for stamps
    • Salter letter spring scales
    • ABC egg scales
    • Wooden scalebeam with a hanging pan
    • Salgotarjan household scales
    • Rictus scales for letters
    • Pharmaceutical scales
    • W. Ainsworth scales
    • Fairbanks scalebeam for paper
    • Letter scales with a movable weight
    • Fairbanks letter scales
    • Skre Post scales for letters
    • Separable balance weight "Predmisсev in Tula"
    • Bronze shell iron weights
    • Scales from the Moscow Weight Plant
    • A cast iron weight from Sormovo
    • Kaluga scalebeam
    • Equal-arm scales from Pavlovo village
    • "Bumerang" scalebeam for fishermen
    • An amateur fish-measuring device
    • Pharmaceutical scales in an Avery case
    • More
  • Antique scales
    Antique scales
    • Pharmaceutical scales
    • Scales for coins
    • Scales for newborns
    • Scales for eggs
    • Laboratory scales
    • Letter scales
    • Beranger system balance
    • Warehouse scales
    • Special scales
    • Trade scales
    • Torsion balance
    • Jewelry scales
    • Toy scales
    • Beam scales
    • Kitchen scales
    • Bathroom scales
    • More
  • Antique scalebeam
    Antique scalebeam
    • Qantar scalebeam
    • Kurland scalebeam
    • Roman scales
    • Russian scalebeam
    • Cylinder scalebeam
    • Dial scalebeam
  • Antique weights
    Antique weights
    • Russian weights
      • The USSR
      • The Russian Empire
      • Ancient Rus and Tsardom of Russia
    • Oriental weights
    • American weights
    • Europe weights
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    • Postcards and promo of scales
    • Old photos
    • Schemes and instructions
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    Musеum оf Weights аnd Scales. Volgograd Weighing
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    Collection
    • Exhibition
      Exhibition
      • Jiffy-way egg scales
      • A scalebeam 50 pounds
      • Jiffy-way egg scales
      • Triner letter scales
      • Roberval letter scales
      • Chappee trade weights
      • Polish weights in a case
      • Bilateral letter scales
      • Dragons and Angels Beranger system scales
      • Hartley household ladle scales
      • Jaraso bathroom scales
      • Jernbolaget Eskilstuna kitchen scales
      • Letter scales with two pendulums
      • Pendulum scales on a wooden base
      • The Hobart Manufacturing Co. letter scales
      • Russian scalebeam with a grenade counterweight
      • Martini scale
      • Acme egg scales
      • Khambati scales and balance weight
      • A scalebeam in a triangular shape
      • Roman scales with a pan
      • JM letter scales in a black case
      • Quadrant Balance spring scalebeam
      • Crane weight, 1 ounce
      • Simple decorated scalebeam
      • Dulton household scales with a timer
      • Metric weights set 50 g – 1000 g
      • English trade weights
      • Avery pound balance weight
      • Glass scales
      • Scalebeam for weighing meat
      • Ph. Schwabe manual scales in a case
      • Scalebeam for weighing rate of bread
      • Salter letter scales
      • Presto letter scales
      • Postamatic letter scalebeam
      • Dr. C.H. Fitch prescription scales
      • Silverloy dental scales
      • Pelouze candy scales
      • Chatillon trade scales
      • Scalebeam in a case with the image of an elephant
      • Salter spring letter scalebeam
      • WT monetary scales
      • Little Detective scales
      • Letter scales measuring in lots
      • Folding beam coin scales
      • Folding coin scales in a case
      • Young America kitchen scales
      • "Eighth of a pound" cast iron weight
      • Scale Queen letter scales
      • Wooden scalebeam with a movable weight
      • Letter scales with advertising
      • Triner Scales letter scales
      • A weight in the form of a bird
      • Scales for test tubes
      • Fairbanks gun powder scales
      • Salter infant scales
      • De Grave inspection scales
      • Souvenir scales for letters with an eagle
      • Gottlieb Kern decorated letter scales
      • Marshall, Son & Co. letter scales
      • Avery letter scales
      • Avery scales for bread
      • V.H.Marsden trade scales photo
      • Pan scales from Bryansk city
      • Shaler's household scales
      • "Nizhegorodskie" scales for coins
      • Buddy scales for letters
      • Letter scales with a container for stamps
      • Salter letter spring scales
      • ABC egg scales
      • Wooden scalebeam with a hanging pan
      • Salgotarjan household scales
      • Rictus scales for letters
      • Pharmaceutical scales
      • W. Ainsworth scales
      • Fairbanks scalebeam for paper
      • Letter scales with a movable weight
      • Fairbanks letter scales
      • Skre Post scales for letters
      • Separable balance weight "Predmisсev in Tula"
      • Bronze shell iron weights
      • Scales from the Moscow Weight Plant
      • A cast iron weight from Sormovo
      • Kaluga scalebeam
      • Equal-arm scales from Pavlovo village
      • "Bumerang" scalebeam for fishermen
      • An amateur fish-measuring device
      • Pharmaceutical scales in an Avery case
      • More
    • Antique scales
      Antique scales
      • Pharmaceutical scales
      • Scales for coins
      • Scales for newborns
      • Scales for eggs
      • Laboratory scales
      • Letter scales
      • Beranger system balance
      • Warehouse scales
      • Special scales
      • Trade scales
      • Torsion balance
      • Jewelry scales
      • Toy scales
      • Beam scales
      • Kitchen scales
      • Bathroom scales
      • More
    • Antique scalebeam
      Antique scalebeam
      • Qantar scalebeam
      • Kurland scalebeam
      • Roman scales
      • Russian scalebeam
      • Cylinder scalebeam
      • Dial scalebeam
    • Antique weights
      Antique weights
      • Russian weights
        • The USSR
        • The Russian Empire
        • Ancient Rus and Tsardom of Russia
      • Oriental weights
      • American weights
      • Europe weights
    • Typography
      Typography
      • Postcards and promo of scales
      • Old photos
      • Schemes and instructions
    Articles
    • Excerpts on the history of the museum
      • Scales and Measures in Russia
      • World history of scales
      • Scales manufacturers
      • Stamps on scales
      • Such different scales
      • Library
      • Archival record
    • World museums
      • Russian museums
      • Foreign museums
    News
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        • Mass media about the museum
        • Letters of gratitude
        • Picture gallery
        • Ask a question
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        • Exhibition
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          • Exhibition
          • Jiffy-way egg scales
          • A scalebeam 50 pounds
          • Jiffy-way egg scales
          • Triner letter scales
          • Roberval letter scales
          • Chappee trade weights
          • Polish weights in a case
          • Bilateral letter scales
          • Dragons and Angels Beranger system scales
          • Hartley household ladle scales
          • Jaraso bathroom scales
          • Jernbolaget Eskilstuna kitchen scales
          • Letter scales with two pendulums
          • Pendulum scales on a wooden base
          • The Hobart Manufacturing Co. letter scales
          • Russian scalebeam with a grenade counterweight
          • Martini scale
          • Acme egg scales
          • Khambati scales and balance weight
          • A scalebeam in a triangular shape
          • Roman scales with a pan
          • JM letter scales in a black case
          • Quadrant Balance spring scalebeam
          • Crane weight, 1 ounce
          • Simple decorated scalebeam
          • Dulton household scales with a timer
          • Metric weights set 50 g – 1000 g
          • English trade weights
          • Avery pound balance weight
          • Glass scales
          • Scalebeam for weighing meat
          • Ph. Schwabe manual scales in a case
          • Scalebeam for weighing rate of bread
          • Salter letter scales
          • Presto letter scales
          • Postamatic letter scalebeam
          • Dr. C.H. Fitch prescription scales
          • Silverloy dental scales
          • Pelouze candy scales
          • Chatillon trade scales
          • Scalebeam in a case with the image of an elephant
          • Salter spring letter scalebeam
          • WT monetary scales
          • Little Detective scales
          • Letter scales measuring in lots
          • Folding beam coin scales
          • Folding coin scales in a case
          • Young America kitchen scales
          • "Eighth of a pound" cast iron weight
          • Scale Queen letter scales
          • Wooden scalebeam with a movable weight
          • Letter scales with advertising
          • Triner Scales letter scales
          • A weight in the form of a bird
          • Scales for test tubes
          • Fairbanks gun powder scales
          • Salter infant scales
          • De Grave inspection scales
          • Souvenir scales for letters with an eagle
          • Gottlieb Kern decorated letter scales
          • Marshall, Son & Co. letter scales
          • Avery letter scales
          • Avery scales for bread
          • V.H.Marsden trade scales photo
          • Pan scales from Bryansk city
          • Shaler's household scales
          • "Nizhegorodskie" scales for coins
          • Buddy scales for letters
          • Letter scales with a container for stamps
          • Salter letter spring scales
          • ABC egg scales
          • Wooden scalebeam with a hanging pan
          • Salgotarjan household scales
          • Rictus scales for letters
          • Pharmaceutical scales
          • W. Ainsworth scales
          • Fairbanks scalebeam for paper
          • Letter scales with a movable weight
          • Fairbanks letter scales
          • Skre Post scales for letters
          • Separable balance weight "Predmisсev in Tula"
          • Bronze shell iron weights
          • Scales from the Moscow Weight Plant
          • A cast iron weight from Sormovo
          • Kaluga scalebeam
          • Equal-arm scales from Pavlovo village
          • "Bumerang" scalebeam for fishermen
          • An amateur fish-measuring device
          • Pharmaceutical scales in an Avery case
        • Antique scales
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          • Antique scales
          • Pharmaceutical scales
          • Scales for coins
          • Scales for newborns
          • Scales for eggs
          • Laboratory scales
          • Letter scales
          • Beranger system balance
          • Warehouse scales
          • Special scales
          • Trade scales
          • Torsion balance
          • Jewelry scales
          • Toy scales
          • Beam scales
          • Kitchen scales
          • Bathroom scales
        • Antique scalebeam
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          • Antique scalebeam
          • Qantar scalebeam
          • Kurland scalebeam
          • Roman scales
          • Russian scalebeam
          • Cylinder scalebeam
          • Dial scalebeam
        • Antique weights
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          • Antique weights
          • Russian weights
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            • Russian weights
            • The USSR
            • The Russian Empire
            • Ancient Rus and Tsardom of Russia
          • Oriental weights
          • American weights
          • Europe weights
        • Typography
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          • Typography
          • Postcards and promo of scales
          • Old photos
          • Schemes and instructions
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          • Such different scales
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      • Scales for eggs

      Scales for eggs

      Ancient scales for eggs

      Presently, no one is surprised by the fact that in modern Russian shops eggs are sold in tens. However, it was not always like this. Once in our country, eggs were sold in any random way: usually in containers, sometimes by weight or apiece, there were no general rules. The tradition of selling eggs in packages came to our country from the British. Although, if in Russia it became customary to sell eggs in tens, in England they were traditionally sold in dozens.

      It is of interest that for a long time the idea of selling eggs in packages was resisted by sellers, because the recommended price was calculated without taking into account the weight of the product. The problem was solved by introducing categories of eggs, and the price became directly dependent on the weight. Standard categories of eggs, as we know them now, came into common use in the first half of the XX century, and have not changed significantly since then. The appearance of special scales for weighing eggs also refers to that time. They were used to determine the weight category of the product for sale, as well as to select the most suitable fertile eggs for  chicken incubation. Photographs of ancient scales for eggs are presented in this section.

      Scales for eggs of the company Montgomery Ward & Co. USA, the early XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company Montgomery Ward & Co. USA, the early XX century.
      Pendulum scales for eggs of the company Oakes Mfg. Co. USA, the early XX century.
      Pendulum scales for eggs of the company Oakes Mfg. Co. USA, the early XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company Oakes Mfg. Co. USA, the 1930s.
      Scales for eggs of the company Oakes Mfg. Co. USA, the 1930s.
      Unique brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Unique brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Royal brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Royal brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Champion brand scales for eggs. USA, 1925.
      Champion brand scales for eggs. USA, 1925.
      Scales for eggs of the company National Poultry Equipment Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company National Poultry Equipment Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales with a movable weight of the company Brower Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales with a movable weight of the company Brower Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs. Germany, the second half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs. Germany, the second half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Unique brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Unique brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, 1918.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, 1918.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs. USA, 1937.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs. USA, 1937.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Pendulum scales for eggs of the company Oakes Mfg. Co. USA, the early XX century.
      Pendulum scales for eggs of the company Oakes Mfg. Co. USA, the early XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      EggXact brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      EggXact brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Zenith brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Zenith brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company White Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company Brower Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company Brower Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs, on a metal base. USA, the middle of the XX century.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs, on a metal base. USA, the middle of the XX century.
      Hart Tru-Way brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Hart Tru-Way brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Mascot brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Mascot brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs, on a wooden base. USA, the 1920s.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs, on a wooden base. USA, the 1920s.
      Magic brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Magic brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      ABC brand scales for eggs. Canada, the middle of the XX century.
      ABC brand scales for eggs. Canada, the middle of the XX century.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs with a movable weight. USA, the 1930s.
      Reliable brand scales for eggs with a movable weight. USA, the 1930s.
      Scales with a movable weight of the company Brower Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales with a movable weight of the company Brower Mfg. Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs / letter scales of the company Ph. J. Maul. Germany, the middle of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs / letter scales of the company Ph. J. Maul. Germany, the middle of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company Montgomery Ward & Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company Montgomery Ward & Co. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Royal brand scales for eggs weighing 24 oz in a dozen. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Royal brand scales for eggs weighing 24 oz in a dozen. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      ABC brand scales for eggs with 4 slots. Canada, the middle of the XX century.
      ABC brand scales for eggs with 4 slots. Canada, the middle of the XX century.
      Standard brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Standard brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Pendulum scales for eggs of the company Ph.J. Maul. Germany, the middle of the XX century.
      Pendulum scales for eggs of the company Ph.J. Maul. Germany, the middle of the XX century.
      Zenith brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Zenith brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Mascot brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Mascot brand scales for eggs. USA, the first half of the XX century.
      Scales for eggs of the company Brower Mfg. Co. USA, the 1940s.
      Scales for eggs of the company Brower Mfg. Co. USA, the 1940s.
      Spring scales for eggs of the company Hertner. Germany, the second half of the XX century.
      Spring scales for eggs of the company Hertner. Germany, the second half of the XX century.
      Mascot brand scales for eggs. USA, the second half of the XX century.
      Mascot brand scales for eggs. USA, the second half of the XX century.

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