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Large coin scale - METTMAN , MATTHIAS Cologne Title: Large coin scale. Date: Dated 1654. Material: A box made of pear wood. An iron balance with brass pans and beige cords. Brass weights. Measurement: 3 x 25,5 x 13 cm. Mark: On the inside of the lid, inscribed: ‘Made by M. Matthias Mettmann, resident at Cöllen on the Deul, in the year 1654’. Description: A large, rectangular box with ornamental embossed and engraved decoration. Inside the drawer, 40 weights bearing coin designs, with their weights marked in black ink. Three balancing weights beneath the lid. The beam balance features one round and one triangular weighing pan. Tweezers inserted on the right-hand side. On the inside of the lid, a steel engraving has been glued in to supplement the master’s signature: “Accurately calibrated scales and weights made by Master Franciscus Constantin Brewer, wheelwright, residing in Collen at Bürgerstraße 1728”. Provenance: - Old Private Collection, Rhineland. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Inland: 18.49 Euro plus 3.51 Euro VAT EU: 26.89 Euro plus 5.11 Euro VAT Third country: 54.62 Euro plus 10.38 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Matthias Mettman #Germany #Early Works of Art. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obliged to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price to this fee.