New arms museulogic nucleus in Portugal - Part four

[Matchlock]

Hi Fernando and Teodor,

The four barrel matchlock gun is an 18th c. Indian piece indeed.

The others are, from top:

- pic 1: lock detail of a presumably Japanese matchlock gun

- pics 2-6, foreground: the four barreled Indian matchlock revolving gun;
background: a Portuguese type snaphaunce gun, attributed by Daehnhardt to the 16th century but probably later; I have known this gun for quite a few years and from a Hermann Historica sale in the 1980's and still have some doubts about it

- pic 7: a Portuguese type spaphauce pistol which arouses at least as many doubts as the gun discussed in the previous paragraph; and a Portuguese miquelet lock gun, late 17th century

- pics 9 and 10: a Portuguese miquelet lock hunting fowler, 18th c., and a late 16th century style Portuguese or Italian miquelet lock petronel, composite, the stock modern and of inadequate shape

- pic 11: a matchlock musket, presumably of Dutch origin, ca. 1600-20, now mounted with a Portuguese miquelet lock and Italian pierced trigger guard; and an 18th c. Portuguese miquelet lock sporting gun

- pic 12: a composite Dutch or English late 17th century flintlock blunderbuss with staged brass barrel, now mounted with a Portuguese snaphaunce lock; and an 18th c. Portuguese miquelet lock gun

Best,
Michael