Accession No

0748

Brief Description

nest of brass weights 4lb, by Christoph Schon, Joh. Conrad Schon, Heinrich Wild, German, 18th Century

Origin

Germany; Nuremburg

Maker

Schon, Christoph Schon, Joh. Conrad Wild, Heinrich

Class

weights & measures

Earliest Date

1700

Latest Date

1800

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass)

Dimensions

diameter 83 mm; height 63 mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased by Robert Stewart Whipple from L.H. Spero, Harrow, England, in 02/1934.

Inscription

mark : sea horse

Description Notes

Nuremberg style; master cup with raised hinge and clasp pieces; Turned supports for handle; raised clasp piece terminates in ‘sea horse’ head; engraved design on handle. Lid decorated with concentric circles and stamped ‘C’ ‘4’ and maker's mark. Cup divided with raised horizontal bands and punched geometric designs. Inside of lid and 8 cup weights decorated with concentric circles. Base of master cup stamped ‘2’. Cups stamped ‘1’ (lb), ‘16’, ‘8’, ‘4’, ‘2’, ‘1’, 10th and tho for 1/2 and 1/4 not stamped.

Incomplete; disc missing.

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