AN EARLY 17TH-CENTURY GERMAN GILT BRASS AND STEEL WING COMPASSES

Attributed to Christoph Trechsler. unsigned and undated

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AN EARLY 17TH-CENTURY GERMAN GILT BRASS AND STEEL WING COMPASSES
Attributed to Christoph Trechsler. unsigned and undated
The gilt-brass upper arms and the 45 wing are chased with foliate patterns. On both sides of the joint are rosettes. the steel legs are nearly half the length of the whole instrument. The wing is clamped into the selected position, as measured by the points of the legs, by a wing-nut. The use of this has left a slightly worn track on the wing
9 in. (23.5 cm.) radius; 2 in. (6.7 cm.) the radius of the wing

來源

Rothschild inv. no. AR1692.

出版

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

M. Hambly, Drawing Instruments 1580-1980, London, 1988, p. 174.
K. Schillinger, 'The Development of Saxon Scientific Instrument-Making Skills from the 16th Century to the Thirty Years War', Annals of Science, 47, 1990, pp. 277-289.
E. Zinner, Deutsche und niederlndische astronomische Instrumente des 11.-18. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1956, pp. 547-551.

拍品專文

Christoph Trechsler (1546-1624) worked at the Saxon Court at Dresden, where he made fine instruments, especially drawing instruments. A case of his drawing instruments is illustrated in M. Hambly, loc. cit.. One item in that case, a sector, is signed by Trechsler and dated 1619. It is reasonable to suppose that the present compasses came from such a set since the wing compasses contained therein is stylistically comparable, with the same decorative features