Accession No

0111

Brief Description

nest of weights (1 lb) by George Schüller, 2/2 17th C.

Origin

Germany (?)

Maker

Schüller. George

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1656

Latest Date

1700

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

length 65mm; height 48mm; breadth 52mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Paris on 23/07/1923.

Inscription

Description Notes

Brass; Nuremburg style; raised hinge and clasp pieces; cast supports for handle; decorated inside and out with incised concentric circles; maker’s mark. 4 extant cup weights. Not calibrated but for 8, 4, 1/2 and 1/4 (loth).
(Base of master cup stamped ‘Y’ (?); 10-2-2000).

Condition: fair; incomplete (some weights missing).

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