A very rare combined wheel-lock pistol and dagger, ca. 1550-60

Matchlock · 14th June 2012, 11:25 AM

Sold at Bonhams, London.

The blade is missing.

The barrel and lock of characteristic mid-16th c. form, with the sickle-shaped dog spring running around the wheel, the left-hand end of the lock plate struck with an unrecorded maker's mark, a trefoil in a shield.

The highly figured form of the dog spring reminds of a similar on a combination firearm by Peter Peck, Munich, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. (attached).

The catalog description states that the grip is 17th c. replacement; it looks o.k. to me for mid-16th c. though.

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14th June 2012, 11:25 AM	#5
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	A Combined Wheellock Pistol and Dagger, Bavaria, ca. 1550 Sold at Bonhams, London. The blade is missing. The barrel and lock of characteristic mid-16th c. form, with the sickle-shaped dog spring running around the wheel, the left-hand end of the lock plate struck with an unrecorded maker's mark, a trefoil in a shield. The highly figured form of the dog spring reminds of a similar on a combination firearm by Peter Peck, Munich, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. (attached). The catalog description states that the grip is 17th c. replacement; it looks o.k. to me for mid-16th c. though. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 14th June 2012 at 12:08 PM.

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