Balance de ménage
Duchesne household balance, very good condition, functioning and appearance, beautiful patina
Estimated 1920
The crank is used to select a unit price in Francs and calculate the price of the product according to weight
Cast iron body
historical
Founded in 1859 by J. Duchesne, who directed it until his death in 1888, continued by E. Duchesne until 1913, then by the Société E. Duchesne et Cie, this house, whose beginnings were of the most modest, became one of the oldest and most important manufacturers of weighing instruments in France. Its main specialties consist in the manufacture of scales, weighbridges for all kinds and all countries. She is also in charge of general mechanical work, but more particularly of cutting and stamping articles of all kinds. After the First World War, she went to Lyon-Villeurbanne to buy more than 10,000 square meters of land where she built new factories. Source: "The weighing instruments (house E. Duchesne and Co.)" in Official catalog of the Lyon Fair, 1919.
Duchesne household scales were common in butcher shops, grocery stores, food retailers, hardware stores, drugstores but also among individuals
