Balance standard with a counterweight Counterweight of a balance, Counterweight, rectangular, with bevelled corners. The wall is decorated with an egg frame enriched with arrowheads, above which bandwork motifs and rosettes. The flat top has an engraved decoration of floral scrolls, partially filled with green or white colored composition. A lizard rests on this. The weight is filled with lead, lizards: lizard, Wenzel Jamnitzer (attributed to workshop of), Neurenberg, c. 1560 - c. 1570, bronze (metal), silver (metal), gilding, h 3.6 cm × w 6.4 cm × t 5.2 cm
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Balance standard, counterweight Counterweight, balance, Counterweight, rectangular, bevelled corners, wall, decorated, egg frame enriched, arrowheads, bandwork motifs, rosettes, flat top, engraved decoration, floral scrolls, partially filled, green, white colored composition, lizard rests, weight, filled, lead, lizards, lizard, Wenzel Jamnitzer, attributed, workshop, Neurenberg, c, 1560, 1570, bronze, metal, black-and-white, gilding
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