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A rare brine scale or salt scale

Lot No. 237

A rare brine scale or salt scale


A rare brine scale or salt scale - The Dr. Eiselmayr scales & weights collection

1763, brass, conical form, engraved "Ex Comissione Anno 1763" and "Haalstatt et Ischler Waagrechte / Berg Sulzen haltet 16 und zu / Ausee 18 Grad" with degree scale of 8-32 (16 and 18 degrees each marked with arrows); slightly dented (because hollow); on a shaped base of a later date. Length of the salt scale c. 20 cm. The salt scale was used to measure the density or salt concentration of brine.

Lit.: Brachner, Alto: G. F. Brander 1713–1783, Deutsches Museum München 1983, p. 286 (brine scale made of glass by Brander) and 319 ff.; SCHRAML, Carl: Die Salinen der Ostmark (...), in: Saline, 1941, H. 6, auch in Kali 37f., 1943; TREML, M.: SALZ macht Geschichte, Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte 1995 (Eine sehr ähnliche Salzspindel abgebildet).

Provenance:
Collection of Dr. Gerhard Eiselmayr No. 497, acquired on the antique market in Bad Ischl in 1995.

Specialist: Simon Weber-Unger Simon Weber-Unger
+43-1-515 60-269

simon.weber@dorotheum.at

29.09.2022 - 13:28

Realized price: **
EUR 1,664.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,000.-

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A rare brine scale or salt scale


1763, brass, conical form, engraved "Ex Comissione Anno 1763" and "Haalstatt et Ischler Waagrechte / Berg Sulzen haltet 16 und zu / Ausee 18 Grad" with degree scale of 8-32 (16 and 18 degrees each marked with arrows); slightly dented (because hollow); on a shaped base of a later date. Length of the salt scale c. 20 cm. The salt scale was used to measure the density or salt concentration of brine.

Lit.: Brachner, Alto: G. F. Brander 1713–1783, Deutsches Museum München 1983, p. 286 (brine scale made of glass by Brander) and 319 ff.; SCHRAML, Carl: Die Salinen der Ostmark (...), in: Saline, 1941, H. 6, auch in Kali 37f., 1943; TREML, M.: SALZ macht Geschichte, Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte 1995 (Eine sehr ähnliche Salzspindel abgebildet).

Provenance:
Collection of Dr. Gerhard Eiselmayr No. 497, acquired on the antique market in Bad Ischl in 1995.

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 - 13:28
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: Online


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