ID 1488443 
Lot 654  | LARGE IRON BEAM BALANCE
Estimate value
€ 1 500 – 2 000 
Netherlands.
Date: 17th c.
Technique: Iron forged and cut.
Description: The two identical flat bars with rounded edges, each ending in smooth oval ends for the
hooks. The suspension with two rings, leaving the view of the two control needles
unobstructed.
Measurement: height 57.5cm, Width 77cm.
Provenance:
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia. On loan to the Deutschen Schloss- und Beschlägemuseum Velbert from 2011 to 2025.
Literature:
Exhibition catalogue: Preziosen der Handwerkskunst. Ein Raritätenkabinett edler Arbeitsgeräte aus der Sammlung Luigi Nessi, Lugano, Museum der Kulturen Basel, 2002, Basel 2002. An almost identical scale is illustrated and described on pp. 70-21, no. 18a.
| Auction house category: | Early Works of Art | 
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