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Lot 244W
A Fine Iron Barrel From An Early Matchlock Wall-PieceCirca 1500
30 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,500 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Fine Iron Barrel From An Early Matchlock Wall-Piece
Circa 1500
Circa 1500
Of tapering octagonal section throughout its length and with pronounced muzzle decorated with fluted arches, tubular back-sight chiselled as a standing male figure, deeply struck with a mark (?) on one side and with applied flash-guard on the other behind the touch-hole, separate breech-plate, three lugs for the stock, and a hook beneath in the form of a chiselled monster's head (some pitting overall)
153 cm. barrel, 2 cm. bore
153 cm. barrel, 2 cm. bore
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Provenance:
Sotheby's & Co., London, Catalogue of Arms and Armour from the Collection of the late William Goodwin Renwick, Part IV, 21 May 1973, lot 51
Christie's London, Antique Arms And Armour, 13 November 1985, lot 139








