A large Nuremberg lion scale from 1780
master's mark “three hearts with TMK” on weighing pan, master Tobias Martin KOLB (Lockner 1442), with 30 + 3 square weights with handle and an insert weight set of 32 ducats (32 ducats, 1780), all with Nuremberg city mark, scales made of iron (supplemented but from the same period). All fitted in a drawer lined with red dyed deerskin, in a walnut and partly dyed fruitwood veneered wooden box with brass knob. The scale is attached to the box by means of a beautifully turned balance beam. Pull weight in the shape of a lion made of bronze. Size c. 19 x 26.5 x 5 cm (closed), total height c. 34 cm (assembled).
Provenance:
Dorotheum Salzburg, Sale 17.4. 2003, lot no. 575; Collection of Dr Gerhard Eiselmayr no. 837.
Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger
Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269
simon.weber@dorotheum.at
29.09.2022 - 12:48
- Realized price: **
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EUR 3,840.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 3,000.-
A large Nuremberg lion scale from 1780
master's mark “three hearts with TMK” on weighing pan, master Tobias Martin KOLB (Lockner 1442), with 30 + 3 square weights with handle and an insert weight set of 32 ducats (32 ducats, 1780), all with Nuremberg city mark, scales made of iron (supplemented but from the same period). All fitted in a drawer lined with red dyed deerskin, in a walnut and partly dyed fruitwood veneered wooden box with brass knob. The scale is attached to the box by means of a beautifully turned balance beam. Pull weight in the shape of a lion made of bronze. Size c. 19 x 26.5 x 5 cm (closed), total height c. 34 cm (assembled).
Provenance:
Dorotheum Salzburg, Sale 17.4. 2003, lot no. 575; Collection of Dr Gerhard Eiselmayr no. 837.
Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger
Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269
simon.weber@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | The Dr. Eiselmayr scales & weights collection |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 29.09.2022 - 12:48 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | Online |
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