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Set of Nested Cup Weights
Also titled Sluitgewicht
c. 1625 - c. 1650
- Medium
- brass (alloy)
- Classification
- sluitgewicht
- Dimensions
- height 20.6 cm x diameter 12.1 cm x width 15.5 cm x weight 7823.1 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
The container with a cover houses ten weights of different dimensions used to weigh silver according to a precise system. The ornamentation near the clasp below the dog’s head displays the – at the time ultra modern – auricular style, which was used primarily for silver objects. The remaining design and decorations agree entirely with the nesting weights that were produced in the German city of Nuremberg.
