4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
203
‡ A GERMAN COMBINED POWDER-FLASK, WHEEL-LOCK SPANNER AND TURNSCREW INSCRIBED 1565, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
formed entirely of steel, with tapering faceted body, fitted at one end with nozzle decorated with fluting and fitted with spring cut-off, and at the other end with a turnscrew, a bracket incorporating a spanner on one side, a single swivelling suspension ring on the other, fitted with a pricker, decorated throughout with incised lines, and inscribed ‘*MRM*1565*’ on one face, 22.8 cm
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 694
Sold for £550
formed entirely of steel, with tapering faceted body, fitted at one end with nozzle decorated with fluting and fitted with spring cut-off, and at the other end with a turnscrew, a bracket incorporating a spanner on one side, a single swivelling suspension ring on the other, fitted with a pricker, decorated throughout with incised lines, and inscribed ‘*MRM*1565*’ on one face, 22.8 cm
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv. no. 694
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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