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A Holy Water Sprinkler (Morgenstern)17th Century, Probably Swiss Or South German
23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £600 inc. premium
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17th Century, Probably Swiss Or South German
17th Century, Probably Swiss Or South German
With robust pine staff of circular section rising to a head of octagonal section, reinforced at the top with an iron ring and set with iron spikes of diamond section, and incised with an arsenal (?) mark, 'BAH, within a heart
45.5 cm. head
45.5 cm. head
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Provenance
Christie's London, Antique Arms And Armour, 13 November 1985, lot 37
Many similar holy water sprinklers survive in Swiss arsenals. See, for example, R. Wegeli, Inventor der Waffensammlung des Bernischen Historischen Museums in Bern. III. Stangenwaffen, 1939, pp. 5-20








