Sale 2855
Amsterdam
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21 - 22 September 2010
Price realised
EUR 13,750
Estimate
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)
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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.
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