A rare pair of Flemish wrought iron scales 15th/16th century

cast with a roundel at  each end with a cruciform tracery motif above a hook

In overall good condition. Very rare and unusual piece.
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A scale of this type can be seen in a triptich by Hans Memling executed in Bruges, around 1446-1473, for Jacopo Tani, now in Danzig Cathedral, reproduced here in fig.1.