LARGE COMPLETE NUREMBERG BATTERY of copper alloy (brass) consisting of fourteen weights calibrated to the Leipzig the largest of which is a truncated-cone case truncated cone with friezes embossed with motifs with small punches of flowers, dotted lines, inflorescences and fleurons. The lid hinged lid features stylized horses stylized horses. Handle with two stylised snakes surmounted by a pinnacle mounted on busts on busts of Moorish figures. The cups are hallmarked. On the large weight: hallmark L for Liepzig, hallmark 32 and personal hallmark of Hans Leonhard Abend L.A. with the stork (received master in 1690). Nuremberg, late 17th century, early 18th century. Height : 28 cm - Width : 21 cm Approximate total weight: 14.8 kg (Very good condition, complete) Large complete weight stack, of the utmost rarity. BIBLIOGRAPHY - F. Lavagne - Les piles à godets du Musée de in Genava: revue d'histoire de l'art et d'archéologie d'archéologie, tome XIII, 1965 pages 113 to 128. - Hermann P. Lockner : " Les marques des forgerons of Nuremberg". Munich, 1986. Hans Leonhard Abend, from a family of family of Nuremberg was appointed master in Nuremberg in 1690 as a "gewichtmacher gewichtmacher" (literally "weight maker"). maker") [Municipal Archives of Nuremberg E 5/56 no. 2]. His mark is a stork between his initials "LA" (Lockner no. 1027). He received this symbol from his father Leonhard Abend (Lockner no. 780; Houben no. 141). The Leipzig pound was 467.5 grams. For centuries, Nuremberg held a monopoly monopoly in the production of weights. weights. Weights were highly coveted because they were used as a control measure by all the calibration masters. From the mid 18th century, craftsmen from many European countries and countries and cities of Europe tried to wrest supremacy from the blacksmiths of Nuremberg. was not achieved until the 19th century.