Live Auction 2855The Decorative Arts Sale
A BRONZE SIXTEEN OUNCE TROY NEST OF WEIGHTS
Lot 255

A BRONZE SIXTEEN OUNCE TROY NEST OF WEIGHTS

GEORG SCHÜLLER, NUREMBERG, MID 17TH CENTURY

Closed22 September 2010

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EUR 10,625

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A BRONZE SIXTEEN OUNCE TROY NEST OF WEIGHTS
GEORG SCHÜLLER, NUREMBERG, MID 17TH CENTURY
The lid with a double lizard-shaped hinge, the horse shaped swinging handle mounted in mermaid supports, the clasp modelled as a seahorse, lid stamped with 16, fleur-de-lys and makers mark, the body decorated overall with small scrolls and central band depicting a hunting scene, containing ten nesting weights
21 cm. high (handle up)

Acquired Christie's Amsterdam, March 1980, lot 15.

Specialist note

Georg Schüller is recorded as master founder in Nuremburg in 1633. Nuremburg had a monopoly in weight making during the 16th, 17th and 18th Century, the majority of weights has been made by Nuremberg founders. The troy weights were used for weighing gold and silver.