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Lot 252*
A German Cartridge Box (Patron), And An Italian Combined Priming-Flask, Wheel-Lock Spanner And Turnscrew Early 17th Century
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Including property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,167.50 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA German Cartridge Box (Patron), And An Italian Combined Priming-Flask, Wheel-Lock Spanner And Turnscrew
Early 17th Century
Early 17th Century
The first with wooden body drilled for five cartridges and almost entirely covered in steel sheet etched on the front with a circular medallion containing a profile woman's head in contemporary costume against a scrollwork and granular ground involving four fleur-de-lys, and bordered by scrolling flowering foliage against a granular ground, suspension loop at the rear, and hinged cover etched with a circular medallion containing a helmeted profile head against a scrollwork ground, and with spring button catch (some wear overall, holed in two places); the second of steel, with tapering baluster body (minor hole) drawn-out to form a turnscrew at the base, and horizontal spanner for spindles of two sizes, both chiselled in low relief with scrolling foliage against a hatched ground, plain nozzle with roped upper edge and shell-shaped cut-off acting against an external spring, and roped rotating ring carrying a ring for suspension (probably later, some rust patination overall) (2)
13.5 cm. high, the second 15.5 cm.
13.5 cm. high, the second 15.5 cm.
Footnotes
Provenance
The first E.J. Churchill Collection, Orange Street Gunworks, London WC2 or Atkin, Grant, Lang and Lancaster Collection
Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 28 April 1999, lot 245,
The second Sotheby's New York, European Works of Art, Arms and Armour..., 15 January 1991, lot 572








