A BALANCING SCALE, for precious metal, provenance Erik Fleming, Atelier Borgila, brass scale, fixed in a wooden case with associated weights, early 20th century.

Case approx. 10,5x21x11 cm

Provenance and history: Friherr Erik Herman Fleming af Libelitz (1894-1954) trained as an artist at the C (Caleb) Althins School of Painting, 1914-1915, and subsequently studying abroad until 1918. After further artistic studies Erik Fleming starts in 1920 a silver workshop which is then named Atelier Borgila. This workshop operated under his own direction until 1950. In 1959, his son Lars took over the business.

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