iron hand grenade

M ELEY · 13th September 2010, 04:47 PM

No expert here, but I had to comment- that is a great piece! I have one of the later versions without the raised lip that probably had a wooden plug. Mine dates from 17th-18th c. From the look of the casting and patina to the iron, I'm suspecting this is Medieval, as grenadoes dated back to the 14th c, I believe? Yours would have had a simple long fuse vs the wooden plug of later models. I'm wondering if yours was a shipwreck pick-up?

13th September 2010, 04:47 PM	#3
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,171	No expert here, but I had to comment- that is a great piece! I have one of the later versions without the raised lip that probably had a wooden plug. Mine dates from 17th-18th c. From the look of the casting and patina to the iron, I'm suspecting this is Medieval, as grenadoes dated back to the 14th c, I believe? Yours would have had a simple long fuse vs the wooden plug of later models. I'm wondering if yours was a shipwreck pick-up?