733 - VON ESSEN, RUTGER

VON ESSEN, RUTGER Cologne Title: Large Coin Scale. Date: Presumably before 1600. Material: Box made of pear wood. An iron scale with brass pans and green cords. Brass weights. Dimensions: 2.5 x 21 x 10.5 cm. Mark: Inscribed on the lid: “Made by M. Rutger von Essen, wagon maker in Cologne, located here on Sint Jans Street, next to the bathhouse steps,” as well as additional inscriptions. One of the weighing pans is marked. Description: A large, rectangular box with ornamental embossed and engraved decoration. Inside the drawer, labeled with weight markings in black ink, are 40 weights bearing coin designs. Beneath the lid are five balancing weights. The beam scales have one round and one triangular pan. A pair of weighing forceps is tucked into the side Provenance: - Former private collection, Rhineland Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Domestic: 18.49 euros plus 3.51 euros VAT EU: 26.89 euros plus 5.11 euros VAT Third country: 54.62 euros plus 10.38 euros VAT Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros For a total invoice amount exceeding 25,000 euros: 1.8 per thousand Shipping to the U.S. by individual arrangement after the auction. #Rutger von Essen #Germany #17th C. #Early Works of Art.