Accession No

0375

Brief Description

nest of weights (8 loth), by either Jobst Stohruberger or Johannzacharias Abend, German, late 18th to 19th Century

Origin

Germany; Nuremburg

Maker

Stohruberger, Jobst [or] Abend, Johannzacharias

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1788

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

length 47mm; breadth 35mm; height 20mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Brussels in 04/1927.

Inscription

‘894 CP’

Description Notes

Nuremburg type; raised hinge and clasp pieces. Decorated with incised concentric circles; stamped with ‘8’ and maker’s mark. Scratched onto lid ‘94’ and ‘CP’. Base of master cup stamped ‘4’; cup weights for ‘2’, ‘1’ loth both stamped; the larger one with fleur-de-lys and ‘B’, also letters scratched on base. 3 fractional weights for 1/2 and 2 1/2s (?) not stamped and later additions (?).

Condition: fair; incomplete?(smaller weights later additions?).

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