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Lot 215*

A Rare Large Continental Hand-Ignited Powder-Tester
18th Century

23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Rare Large Continental Hand-Ignited Powder-Tester
18th Century

Of russet iron, comprising a flat bar with integral screw thread at one end and chimney above the pan at the other, the right side incised 'A.M.L.E.. Collateral du Pape.' an obscured date beyond, large indicator wheel with decorative cuspings and numbered from '1' to '25' on one side, mounted on a vertical bracket secured by a bolt, one arm cusped and forming the pointer at the top, the wheel acting against a spring lever mounted between a bracket with ring-headed tension screw above
40.3 cm. long, 18.5 cm. high

Footnotes

Provenance
Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, The Herbert & Raymond Green Collection of Fine Antique Firearms, 24 August 1998, lot 2386

For a related example described as Spanish, c. 1700, see W. Keith Neal, Spanish Guns And Pistols, 1955, pl. 60

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