4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
222
‡ A RARE 28 BORE GERMAN SMALL WHEEL-LOCK ‘PUFFER’ PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, CIRCA 1580
PROBABLY FOR THE VENETIAN STATE ARSENAL
with two-stage swamped barrel engraved with foliage at each end of the forward section, octagonal breech struck with Nuremburg and the barrelsmith’s mark (unrecorded, perhaps a rampant lion) and engraved with a band of foliage, flat lock retained by two side nails and struck with a further mark, a bird perched on a tree dividing the initials GB, fitted with external wheel beneath a domed cover, engraved pan with sliding cover (button missing) and safety-catch, full stock (one small repair beneath the fore-end), engraved with pairs of lines beneath the muzzle, small near spherical pommel formed in two pieces, plain iron trigger-guard, and associated iron ramrod, 36.0 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv.no. 2072
A number of pistols of this type are preserved in the Armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice. See Franzoi, pp. 135-136, nos. 450-457, illustrated p. 174.
Sold for £8,000
PROBABLY FOR THE VENETIAN STATE ARSENAL
with two-stage swamped barrel engraved with foliage at each end of the forward section, octagonal breech struck with Nuremburg and the barrelsmith’s mark (unrecorded, perhaps a rampant lion) and engraved with a band of foliage, flat lock retained by two side nails and struck with a further mark, a bird perched on a tree dividing the initials GB, fitted with external wheel beneath a domed cover, engraved pan with sliding cover (button missing) and safety-catch, full stock (one small repair beneath the fore-end), engraved with pairs of lines beneath the muzzle, small near spherical pommel formed in two pieces, plain iron trigger-guard, and associated iron ramrod, 36.0 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv.no. 2072
A number of pistols of this type are preserved in the Armoury of the Doges Palace, Venice. See Franzoi, pp. 135-136, nos. 450-457, illustrated p. 174.
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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