4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
228
‡ AN 80 BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK PISTOL, NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1610
with slender tapering barrel formed in two stages, octagonal breech struck beneath with Nuremburg mark and a further mark, a serpent (probably for Peter Danner), moulded at the rear, flat lock retained by to side nails, struck with Nuremburg mark and the mark of Peter Danner (Neue Støckel 4251), fitted with external wheel retained by a circular bracket, sliding pan-cover with button release, moulded dog, safety-catch opposite the lock, full stock bound with iron bands over the fore-end (pommel restored, perhaps in it working life), iron mounts comprising a band enclosing the pommel, trigger-guard, a pair of quatre foilside nail washers, and fore-end cap incorporating the ramrod-pipe (associated ramrod), 62.7 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv.no. 4016
Sold for £4,000
with slender tapering barrel formed in two stages, octagonal breech struck beneath with Nuremburg mark and a further mark, a serpent (probably for Peter Danner), moulded at the rear, flat lock retained by to side nails, struck with Nuremburg mark and the mark of Peter Danner (Neue Støckel 4251), fitted with external wheel retained by a circular bracket, sliding pan-cover with button release, moulded dog, safety-catch opposite the lock, full stock bound with iron bands over the fore-end (pommel restored, perhaps in it working life), iron mounts comprising a band enclosing the pommel, trigger-guard, a pair of quatre foilside nail washers, and fore-end cap incorporating the ramrod-pipe (associated ramrod), 62.7 cm overall
Provenance
Robert Brooker Collection inv.no. 4016
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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