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Lot 200

An Unusual German Combined Priming-Flask, Wheel-Lock Spanner And Turnscrew
Probably Early 17th Century

23 July 2015, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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An Unusual German Combined Priming-Flask, Wheel-Lock Spanner And Turnscrew
Probably Early 17th Century

Of brass and in two sections, the top section of slightly waisted octagonal section engraved alternately with diagonal ornament and foliage against hatched grounds, tapering nozzle en suite (sprung tap incomplete), and three spanners each for spindles of differing sizes, the flat-sided cartouche-shaped base engraved with foliage and with applied putti's mask on each side, a pierced and engraved turnscrew (incomplete) secured by screws beneath, and with a ring for suspension
20 cm.

Footnotes

Cf. a related example sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour, 24 April 2013, lot 233; and another sold Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 18 May 1994, lot 78

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