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A German Gunner's Range FinderPossibly Late 17th Century
27 November 2013, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,250 inc. premium
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A German Gunner's Range Finder
Possibly Late 17th Century
Possibly Late 17th Century
Of brass, comprising a flat bar incised along the top on one side with maker's mark 'ME' crowned, and inscribed 'Anno 1686', the numbered scales beneath each marked 'Zoll', adjustable central bar pierced with a vertical line of pin-hole sights and with pierced shaped finial, and integral plum-bob scale on the right to 45 (retaining bracket loose), on slightly arched base pinched in at the centre on both sides
12.2 cm. high
12.2 cm. high
Footnotes
For an almost identical example see Jim Bennett & Stephen Johnston, The Geometry of War 1500-1750, 1996, pp. 36 and 39, no. 24, fig. 33








