3rd Dec, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A RARE COMBINATION TOOL
A RARE COMBINATION TOOL, 18TH CENTURY
of burnished steel engraved with scrolls and flowerheads, comprising a pair of pincers, each arm respectively formed of a pricker and a hook with saw edge, the pincer head with screw-on turn-screw and hammer (one small chip), the pricker with slotted cover for clearing tow and fitted with a further threaded double screw for clearing
12 cm; 4 ¾ in overall
Provenance
Robin Wigington, Stratford-upon-Avon
A similar tool is preserved in the Musee Le Secq des Tournelles, Rouen. See Allemagne 1968, illus. 375
Sold for £1,100
A RARE COMBINATION TOOL, 18TH CENTURY
of burnished steel engraved with scrolls and flowerheads, comprising a pair of pincers, each arm respectively formed of a pricker and a hook with saw edge, the pincer head with screw-on turn-screw and hammer (one small chip), the pricker with slotted cover for clearing tow and fitted with a further threaded double screw for clearing
12 cm; 4 ¾ in overall
Provenance
Robin Wigington, Stratford-upon-Avon
A similar tool is preserved in the Musee Le Secq des Tournelles, Rouen. See Allemagne 1968, illus. 375
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 3rd Dec, 2014
