Weights, nested
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Nested weights were used by merchants primarily to measure coins. This set was made in Nuremberg (Nurnberg), and used in France. The total weight for this set is 32 marks. The house lid has a split <i>V</i>, 3 armed designs which are common to weight sets manufactured in Nuremberg. The outer two arms resemble sea-dogs or dolphins, and the inner arm or hinge lock resembles a sea-horse. The handle supports resemble bearded soldiers, and when folded, the rounded handle top fits into the space created by the tail end of the sea-dog's V. The master cup or house has a number of geometric patterns, semi-circular motifs of various heights, stamped upon it which runs in circular patterns. The copper-master's mark on the top of the lid is a crossed arrow and key stamped 3 times. The makers associated with this mark, as well as their guild registration number, and the year of the Master's Degree are as follows: 1. K.Weinmann No., 56, 1604; 2. G.S. Schuller No. 715, 1633; 3. A. Ziegengeist No. 952, 1681; 4. J.W. Ziegengeist No. 1120, 1704.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Danforth, Ellen Zak. A Catalog of Nested Cup Weights in the Edward Streeter Collection of Weights and Measures.
label: Related Publication
content: Houben, Gerard M.M.. 200 Years of Nested Cup Weights
label: Related Publication
content: Kisch, Bruno. Scales and Weights, A Historical Outline
label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0487
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 410
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0487
objectType: label: Object Name
content: weights, nested
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.5 cm x 15.5 cm x 13.8 cm; 6 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 5 7/16 in