Closing weight of 16 pounds, The object consists of nineteen parts: twelve weights, the container and the lid (which together form the housing), a hinge, a locking clip, two handle attachments, the handle. The center point can be seen on the container, the lid and the weights. The wall of the trough is divided into six planes, the first (i.e. the bottom) and the fourth indenting slightly, the second and third as well as the fifth and the sixth being separated by a concave edge. The surfaces have a frieze of repeated motifs. On the first level, the motif is a mermaid. On the second a hunting dog, a pig and a tree. On the third a hunter, a hunting dog, a deer and a tree. On the fourth a calyx between two leaves. On the fifth a hunter, a deer and a tree. On the sixth a duck and a tree. The vertical surface of the lid is adorned with repeatedly stamped motifs consisting of an arc made of circles and an asterisk. The slightly protruding edge has been punched. The horizontal surface of the lid is divided into three surfaces by three rings made of grooves. The hinge, the locking bracket and the handle inserts are riveted. The hinge ends at the end in three angled animal heads on the wall, and merges on the lid into two dragons, the tail ends of which tapering towards the hinge, such that the handle knob falls between them. The locking clip on the lid has the shape of a four-legged dragon with a curled fish tail, while the part riveted in the overhanging part has the shape of a double-legged dragon. The handle starts have the shape of a bust of a man with a hat and of a man in armor with a helmet. The handle is in the form of two dragons with a faceted decoration in the middle, to which the octagonal profiled button connects., anonymous, Neurenberg, 1571, brass (alloy), founding, h 19.2 cm × d 12.2 cm × w 16 cm × w 7483 gr × w 3742 gr
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