View Single Post
Old 8th January 2014, 08:06 AM   #6
Matchlock
(deceased)
 
Matchlock's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
Posts: 4,310
Default

Another sample of that group, the body covered with tooled leather; Italy, ca. 1580.
The lateral loops for suspension of tassels are replacements, the hook for the belt or for a leather frog on the reverse and the cut-off spring on the basal plate of the top mount are missing.

m
Attached Images
   
Matchlock is offline   Reply With Quote