A carpenter yardstick, Bavaria 1784
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wood, elaborately carved, pewter cap, three scales: 12 Nuremberg inches = 1 Nuremberg city foot = 30.2 cm / 3 Munich feet (engraved on pewter cap MP (Munich Pied?) / 1 Rhineland foot (31.4 cm), the standard measure for public works in Germany; elaborately carved with tool depictions, cross of Jesus, depiction of a woman and a man, wavy lines and geometric and floral motifs, also "IESU MARIA UND IOSEPH", date 1784 and owner monogram SK. Length c. 103.2 cm.
Provenance:
Collection of Dr. Gerhard Eiselmayr No. 77.
Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger
Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269
simon.weber@dorotheum.at
29.09.2022 - 13:17
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EUR 400.-
A carpenter yardstick, Bavaria 1784
wood, elaborately carved, pewter cap, three scales: 12 Nuremberg inches = 1 Nuremberg city foot = 30.2 cm / 3 Munich feet (engraved on pewter cap MP (Munich Pied?) / 1 Rhineland foot (31.4 cm), the standard measure for public works in Germany; elaborately carved with tool depictions, cross of Jesus, depiction of a woman and a man, wavy lines and geometric and floral motifs, also "IESU MARIA UND IOSEPH", date 1784 and owner monogram SK. Length c. 103.2 cm.
Provenance:
Collection of Dr. Gerhard Eiselmayr No. 77.
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 - 13:17 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | Online |