Late Gothic Tiller/Stick Guns, mid to late 15th century

Matchlock · 9th February 2009, 05:10 PM

The poor b/w photos picture many iron stick haquebuts of mid-15th century date preserved at the museum of the City of Hasselt/The Netherlands.

The b/w photo at the bottom shows a copper alloy stick gun with a wooden tiller stock drilled out to receive the ramrod, ca. 1500, preserved at the Musem Polskiego in Warsaw. For a stock hollowed for the ramrod cf. my four barrel Landsknecht mace posted here earlier.

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Matchlock · 10th February 2009, 06:17 PM

More details and the indistinct founder's mark, a stag's head and a pair of antlers, or possibly a fork (?).

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Matchlock · 27th April 2012, 03:44 PM

A tiller arquebus from an illuminated manuscript by Daniel Aubert, 1461, Biblilothèque Nationale de France.

As in many medieval depictions, the actual act of manual ignition is not illustrated.

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Matchlock · 27th April 2012, 03:46 PM

For similar items, please also see

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15381

Matchlock · 28th April 2012, 05:15 PM

Tiller-stock arquebuses with what seem to be brass barrels, in illustrations from the Wolfegg Hausbuch, Bavaria, ca. 1480.

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Matchlock · 28th April 2012, 06:59 PM

For the earliest known actually surviving tiller arquebus, ca. 1400-10, please see

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...354#post138354

Matchlock · 30th April 2012, 04:43 PM

A highly interesting wrought-iron tiller arquebus with folding socket section (the wooden tiller stock missing), unlocked by a wing-nut for carrying on the shoulder. Large touch-hole molding, the barrel reinforced by various iron rings.
Overall length 45.5 cm, bore 12 mm, weight 2.9 kg.

Probably of Spanish make, mid-15th c., the tiller inscribed stating that it was deaccessioned by the former arsenal of the Castle of Montjuic, near Barcelona.

At the beginning of this thread, I posted another contemporary tiller arquebus from the same provenance, in my collection.

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9th February 2009, 05:10 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	The poor b/w photos picture many iron stick haquebuts of mid-15th century date preserved at the museum of the City of Hasselt/The Netherlands. The b/w photo at the bottom shows a copper alloy stick gun with a wooden tiller stock drilled out to receive the ramrod, ca. 1500, preserved at the Musem Polskiego in Warsaw. For a stock hollowed for the ramrod cf. my four barrel Landsknecht mace posted here earlier. m Attached Images

10th February 2009, 06:17 PM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	More details and the indistinct founder's mark, a stag's head and a pair of antlers, or possibly a fork (?). m Attached Images

27th April 2012, 03:44 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A tiller arquebus from an illuminated manuscript by Daniel Aubert, 1461, Biblilothèque Nationale de France. As in many medieval depictions, the actual act of manual ignition is not illustrated. m Attached Images

28th April 2012, 05:15 PM	#5
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Tiller-stock arquebuses with what seem to be brass barrels, in illustrations from the Wolfegg Hausbuch, Bavaria, ca. 1480. m Attached Images

30th April 2012, 04:43 PM	#7
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A highly interesting wrought-iron tiller arquebus with folding socket section (the wooden tiller stock missing), unlocked by a wing-nut for carrying on the shoulder. Large touch-hole molding, the barrel reinforced by various iron rings. Overall length 45.5 cm, bore 12 mm, weight 2.9 kg. Probably of Spanish make, mid-15th c., the tiller inscribed stating that it was deaccessioned by the former arsenal of the Castle of Montjuic, near Barcelona. At the beginning of this thread, I posted another contemporary tiller arquebus from the same provenance, in my collection. m Attached Images

27th April 2012, 03:46 PM	#4
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	For similar items, please also see http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15381

28th April 2012, 06:59 PM	#6
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	For the earliest known actually surviving tiller arquebus, ca. 1400-10, please see http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...354#post138354