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Matchlock 24th November 2008 01:55 PM

Fine Nürnberg double wheel-locks, dated 1548 and 1553
 
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The first dated 1548, illustrated in one Dexter's scrapbooks, then in the W. Keith Neal Collection and sold at Christie's, London, Nov. 9, 2000.

The second dated 1553, formerly in the collection of the Altes Zeughaus Berlin but missing since WW II.

The first with the old style sickle shaped dog springs running around the wheels, the second featuring what is mostly called the "modern" shape of the two arm dog spring. The latter can actually shows up as early as 1530, though, namely on the world's earliest dated wheel-lock, a small harquebus in the Real Ameria Madrid.

Michael

Matchlock 24th November 2008 02:00 PM

Limewood stocks, first half 16th century
 
I should mention that the 1548 double pistol is stocked in limewood, as are my early Landsknecht harquebuses made in Nürnberg, dated 1539, and the one probably made in Suhl in about 1540, the stock of the latter branded with a plow, the city arms of Straubing/Lower Bavaria.

Here are the links to my former posts on these two fine pieces:

Michael

Matchlock 24th November 2008 02:01 PM

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7503

Matchlock 24th November 2008 02:02 PM

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7518

Matchlock 24th November 2008 02:06 PM

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More of the 1548 double wheel-lock.

Matchlock 24th November 2008 02:10 PM

I received those images from Christie's Arms & Armour Department.

In the image at the bottom, please note the small carved triangular deacorational bands which are featured identically on the stock of my 1539 Nuremberg harquebus.

Matchlock 24th November 2008 02:12 PM

The former Berlin double wheel-lock, dated 1553
 
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These are the only photos known to me.

Michael

Matchlock 24th November 2008 06:47 PM

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I found another pic of the former Berlin 1553 pistol.

Michael

Matchlock 24th November 2008 06:50 PM

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Plus a large size detail of the muzzle section showing a very specific pattern on decoration on both the barrel and the bone inlay.


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