4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
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‡ A HAND-IGNITED POWDER-TESTER, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR ITALIAN
formed entirely of steel, with flat arched head numbered from '1' to '12' in Roman numerals on one side, indicator arm attached to an internal ratchet wheel acting against a spring pivoting beneath the pan, and moulded tubular handle, 17.0 cm
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection
Two related examples, incorporating a powder measure, are illustrated Kempers 1998, p. 166-167, figs. 179 and 181. Another was sold in this room, 7th December 2022, lot 423.
Sold for £240
formed entirely of steel, with flat arched head numbered from '1' to '12' in Roman numerals on one side, indicator arm attached to an internal ratchet wheel acting against a spring pivoting beneath the pan, and moulded tubular handle, 17.0 cm
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection
Two related examples, incorporating a powder measure, are illustrated Kempers 1998, p. 166-167, figs. 179 and 181. Another was sold in this room, 7th December 2022, lot 423.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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