TWO PINCHBECK WEIGHTS

MID-19TH CENTURY

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TWO PINCHBECK WEIGHTS
MID-19TH CENTURY
The first's metal ground moulded in relief with a hunt scene composed of two equestrian figures flanking a pack of hounds taking down a stag, attended by a third figure before a wooded landscape, 1¼ in. (8.3 cm.) diameter; 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high; The second's metal ground moulded in relief with a 18th century domestic scene of a woman churning butter attended by a young boy holding a piece of bread in anticipation and beside an equally attentive cat and dog, 3 in. (7.6 cm.) diameter; 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high (2)

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This type of weight takes it name from Christopher Pinchbeck (1670-1732), an alchemist and watchmaker, who developed a copper-zinc alloy resembling gold. See Patricia K. McCawley, Antique Glass Paperweights from France, London, 1868, p. 38. pl. 24, fig. 98.