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Lot 84*

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

24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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

Of brass and in two sections, the line engraved head with tapering nozzle of octagonal section, sprung tap and three spanners of square section, the slightly curved flat-sided body of shaped outline with integral turnscrew at the base, engraved with designs of foliage overall involving a boar's head on one side, and a bear's head on the other
15.3 cm.

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Provenance
The Dr. Ernst-Joachim Rogahn Collection, sold in these Rooms, 24 April 2013, lot 233

For a similar example see Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour, 18 May 1994, lot 78

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