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Reduction compass (proportional divider)
Restitution status: Dubiousness is still to be clarified
Categories: Arts and crafts / Further kinds of arts and crafts
Object Data
Artist
Museum
Inventory Number
ÖMV/43797
Description
Reduction compass (proportional divider) comprising two arms, their four ends carved like pointed arrows, each end furnished with an iron tip. The arms are parallel in two wooden blocks with right-angled recesses. The blocks are attached to each other with a screw with a heart shaped nut. Depending on how tight the screw is, the arms can be turned against each other. The surface of the arms is furnished with engraved lines, carved scale pattern and punched ornaments. The surface of the blocks is decorated with engraved lines. The initial "W" is engraved on the outer side of each arm at the end.
Height
34.5 cm
Width
4.5 cm
Period
18th Century
Provenance Data
Acquisition from the art market/antique shop
Provenance according to museum / collection
Acquired from art dealer Viktor Reitzner. Kochgasse VIII.
Board of the Society for Folk Life and Folk Art
No decision has been reached so far.
The art or cultural object is kept in the museum/in the collection.
Request Object
© Art restitution National Fund of the Republic Austria for Victims of National Socialism