Antique Counterweights

, massed together on the right, provide a counterweight to the openness of the rest of the canvas. Their

. Cylindrical with loose-mounted clip; top ring loose-mounted to pullout counterweight stick with engraved units

Extra large antique marble counter weight in the shape of a bell. Shanxi province, China.

Handsome swirl motif brass counterweight chandelier

A cast iron eagle printing press counterweight, circa 1860. Originally this neo-classical eagle

letterpress characters, and a set of counterweights (see last two photos). The front of the scale is covered

Aluminum and nickel articulated counterweight table or desk lamp, circular bakelite base, by

Solid brass task light with counterweight. Can be used as a sconce or table lamp.

Architects Table made by UNIC in Paris, industrial metal base with counterweight & adjustable wood

2 copper & brass candlesticks with an ovoid counterweight,an S shape stem flanked by two feet

Brass and copper thirteen light counterweight chandelier with green milk glass shade. The copper

With Writhen stem and candle socket counterweight hand-wrought Writhen iron and solid oak English

The writhen stem with "ram's horn" counterweight terminal wrought iron and richly patinated and

counterweights. 90" diameter maximum extension. Large hand measures 72" long, 11" wide, small hand measures 53

bronze finial and counterweight at base. Tin or iron feather has gilded surface. Includes printed screen

shaped base elm base with a plain ball counterweight. Bibliography: See Robert Ashley’s 'The Rushlight

1920s. Great industrial form with an innovative counterweight design. An example of this lamp is in the

counterweight to balance the large propeller. This form is quite rare as most of the weights were made in the

the original shades. the height adjustable lamp is balanced by the original cast iron counterweight

‘Joseph Frölich’, stood, with his thumbs in his braces. His detachable head, with a brass counterweight

Ashley describes this rushlight as being ‘Surrey/Sussex style’. The rounded counterweight bears an

and candleholder. The angular counterweight arm tour inmates in candle socket with drip pan below. The

counterweight to inrôs. The netsuke is in box tree in the shape of a dragon rolled up on itself. The head of

equivalent of modern day 'Texas Rangers.' Under Porfirio Diaz, the 'Guardia Rural' was the counterweight to

polychromatic silk fabric made by Pierre Frey after a 18th C. cartoon. The counterweight (probably in lead) is

as a counterweight. With a decorative point under the leg juncture. The iron four leg crown base

a cutting wheel and lead-weighted brass counterweights, used for the cutting of diamonds in

below above the white columns.The fall is sprung and has lead counterweights hidden within the carcass