Balance standard with a counterweight Counterweight of a balance; Counterweight; rectangular; with bevelled corners. The wall is decorated with an egg frame enriched with arrowheads; above which bandwork motifs and rosettes. The flat top has an engraved decoration of floral scrolls; partially filled with green or white colored composition. A lizard rests on this. The weight is filled with lead; lizards: lizard; Wenzel Jamnitzer (attributed to workshop of); Neurenberg; c. 1560 - c. 1570; bronze (metal); silver (metal); gilding; h 3.6 cm x w 6.4 cm x t 5.2 cm