A fine German Nuremberg brass nest of weights. The hinged shaped hasp and rimmed hinged lid marked with the maker’s mark, a griifin with P.R. and 2 for two Pound. With a rimmed body with punched decorations. The inside bottom with a 1 for one pound. Enclosing seven further smaller weights, 16, 8, 4, 2 and 1 lood, the last two unmarked and the smallest not original. The closing weight is missing.
PR for Paulus Ritter, Brass caster in Nuremberg - Germany.
Born 1701 - Master in 1734 - Jury member in 1751 - Died circa 1767
Literature:
Hermann P. Lockner – Die Merkzeichen der Nurnberger Rotschmiede. Mark : 1306 page. 329 & 187.
G.M.M. Houben – 2000 years of nested cup-weights page 56, fig 114
16 Lood = 240 grams. I LB/pound = 480 grams 4 LB = 1.920 grams.
Germany – Nuremberg
About 1750.
Height: 6 cm. (2,4 inches.)
Diam. Lid: 6,5 / 8,5 cm. (2,6 / 3,4 inches.)
Weight: 1.920 grams.