For sale is an Antique SEEDERER-KOHLBUSCH BENCH MODEL BEAM BALANCE SCALE from Englewood, New Jersey. This working apothecary scale is great condition. The metal scale case measures 16 1/2″ wide, by 9 3/4″ deep. The scientific scale stands about 18″ tall. Both of the long glass panels slide up and down. The top of the scale has a black glass top. The scale and adjustable metal legs and an air bubble in the middle allows you to ensure the scale is perfectly levelled. The sale of the scale includes small brass weights to measure grams. A great collectible apothecary balance beam scale.
In 1851, C. Herman Kohlbusch (1822-1913), a German craftsman emigrated to the United States. In 1859, he established the Herman Kohlbusch Balance Company. In 1888, his company issued what is believed to be the first U.S. American balance company catalog. Charles’ eldest son Edgar continued as a manufacturer of scales and weights as late as 1920 under the firm name of Herman Kohlbusch, Sr. Sometime in the mid 1920s, the firm’s name was changed to Seederer-Kohlbusch with the logo SEKO, Inc. In 1930, after Jacob Emil Seederer assumed the leadership of the company, the company was renamed Seederer-Kohlbusch, Inc. Since this scale was manufactured by the SEKO, this scale dates to the 1920s.
