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A LARGE BRONZE THIRTY-TWO OUNCE TROY NEST OF WEIGHTS
Lot 254

A LARGE BRONZE THIRTY-TWO OUNCE TROY NEST OF WEIGHTS

GEORG SCHÜLLER, NUREMBERG, MID 17TH CENTURY

Fermé22 September 2010

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EUR 13,750

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A LARGE BRONZE THIRTY-TWO OUNCE TROY NEST OF WEIGHTS
GEORG SCHÜLLER, NUREMBERG, MID 17TH CENTURY
The lid with a double dog-shaped hinge, the animal shaped swinging handle mounted in mermaid supports, the clasp modelled as a seahorse, lid stamped with 32, s and makers mark, the punched body with central band depicting a hunting scene, containing ten nesting weights
27 cm. high (handle up)

Note du spécialiste

Nest of weigths of large size are quite rare. The largest known in the Netherlands is a 64 ounce example which is in the collection of the Gruuthuse Museum, Bruges. The present lot weighs 15 kilogram.