Accession No

0062

Brief Description

money scales and weights, by Joerse and Boudringen, Dutch, 1625 (c)

Origin

Netherlands; Rotterdam

Maker

Boudringen [scales] Joerse [box]

Class

balances

Earliest Date

1625

Latest Date

1625

Inscription Date

Material

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

Dimensions

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple in Liège in 08/1922.

Inscription

‘IDB’ (triangular pan)
‘tot Rotterdam Maeckt, ende verkoept dese gout gewicht
Giellis Joerse inde hootstech insine gout gewicht’ (box lid)
‘S.oort. fecit’ (engraving in lid of box)
various marks on weights [see catalogue card]

Description Notes

Steel beam and fittings; swan’s neck beam ends; self-locating knife edge and ring bearing with index pointer above (snapped off). Gallows with ring bearing; brass suspension ring and cord loop. One circular silvered brass pan; one triangular silvered brass pan with maker’s stamp. Hung by cords.
Fitted wooden box; slots for 13 weights and slot for fractional weights (lid and weights missing). Drawer below for 18 weights (total of 10 weights missing). Various maker’s marks on weights [see catalogue card]. Denomination of each weight written over slot. Paper label in box lid illustrating weights and scene of death with money counters. Box decorated with burnished panel and scroll patterns. Hook fasteners.


Condition fair; incomplete (various weights missing).

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