Accession No

0370

Brief Description

16lb nest of weights, by Christoph Hainlein, German, 2nd half of 17th Century

Origin

Germany; Nuremburg

Maker

Hainlein, Christopher

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1670

Latest Date

1700

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

diameter 125 mm; height 107 mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from F. Fievez, Brussels, on 02/04/1927.

Inscription

mark: cockerell

Description Notes

Nuremberg style; master cup with raised hinge pieces with triptych of ‘seals’ on side of cup and pair of ‘seals’ on lid. Raised clasp with two ‘sea horses’. Two ‘mermen’ support the handle which incorporates the heads of two ‘horses’. Lid decorated with inscribed circles and stamped 16lb and makers mark 3 times. Master cup decorated with horizontal bands and stamped geometric patterns. Inside of lid decorated with inscribed circles as are all the cups. 11 cup weights stamped with the denomination in lbs and 10ths with larger weights in Marcs also: ‘4’= ‘8 marks’; ‘2’= ‘4 marcs’ ; ‘1’= ‘2 marcs’; ‘16’ = ‘1 marc’; ‘8’; ‘4’; ‘2’; ‘1’; no calibration for 1/2;1/4;1/8 (disc missing)
Adjusting holes drilled into base.

Condition good; incomplete

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