Accession No

0971

Brief Description

nest of weights (2lb), by Christoph Lenz, early 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Lenz, Christoph

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1796

Latest Date

1825

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

length 84mm; breadth 67mm; height 67mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Mons on 05/03/1923.

Inscription

Description Notes

Nuremburg style; master cup with raised hinge pieces and clasp piece; one turned handle support with aperture (the other and the handle are missing). Lid decorated with incised concentric circles and stamped ‘2’ maker’s mark; French [?] adjuster’s mark, a fleur-de-lys; and ‘DM’ twice. Outside of cup decorated with punched triangles and dots; inside with incised concentric circles. Base of master cup stamped ‘DM’. Six cup weights stamped denominations 16, 8, 4, 2, 1 (loth) and 1/2 (loth) (not calibrated). 3 with ‘W’ and ‘DM’ stamped on top, 3 smaller ones with only ‘W’. All with fleur-de-lys. All decorated with concentric circles.

Condition: fair; incomplete (central weight missing?, handle and support missing).

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