Accession No

0603

Brief Description

money scales and weights by Johann Peter Poppenberg, German, 1775 (c)

Origin

Germany

Maker

Poppenberg, Johann Peter

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1775

Latest Date

1775

Inscription Date

Material

metal (steel, brass); wood; rope (cord); paper

Dimensions

box length 184mm; breadth 96mm; thickness 25mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘Waag und Gewicht
macht
von Sr. Koenigl. Majestæt von
PREUSSEN
allergnaedigst privil. Ichtmacher
JOH. PET. POPPENBERG,
bey Sprockhoevel im Amt Blanckenstein,
in der Grafschaft Marck
177.’ (label in lid)
‘JUSTIRT’ (burnt into label)

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; self-locating steel knife edge and ring bearing. Brass pointer index with pierced base. Steel gallows with ring bearing above pierced decoration. Swan’s neck beam ends. Ring bearing to cords and brass circular pans.
Fitted wooden box with slots for 18 lozenge-shaped weights (2 missing) each with small turned handle and stamped with denomination and spreadeagle. Denomination painted in red over the slot. Hinged brass lid over slot for 4 fractional weights. Paper label in lid of box. Hook fastening with decorative concentric circles.

Condition: good; incomplete (two weights missing).

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