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7th December 2013, 12:12 PM
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Two more of the Saxon flask with the elaborately pierced and gilt mounts.
And the gilt-mounted Augsburg or Nuremberg flask, its body made of copper-gilt brass throughout. m Last edited by Matchlock; 7th December 2013 at 06:49 PM. |
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7th December 2013, 12:17 PM
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More of this stunning flask in the North Italian manner.
I seems like there is a central ball compartment in the bottom mount. m Last edited by Matchlock; 7th December 2013 at 03:02 PM. |
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7th December 2013, 06:54 PM
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Jacob de Gheyn's caliverman (Schütze) filling a definite portion of powder from his horn (note the frog hook!) into the barrel of his caliver (Schützenrohr), 1608.
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8th December 2013, 03:24 PM
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Pieter Snayers (*1592 in Antwerp, + ca. 1667 in Brussels) was a famous and prolific painter of historic battle scenes.
Please note the battle formations as squares of musketeers, calivermen, pikemen etc., which were charateristic of that period of time. From top: - Battle of White Mountain near Prague, Nov. 8, 1620, the first big battle of the Thirty Years War (1618-48) - Siege of the Fortress of Löwen near Vienna, with many close-ups of weapons and accouterments, such as matchlock muskets, musket rests, bandoliers, drums and two lengths of matchcord kept in hand smoldering at both ends - Siege of Vienna, June 5-12, 1619 - Battle of Lützen, Nov. 16, 1632, where the Swedish King Gustav Adolf died of musket wounds Best, Michael |
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8th December 2013, 03:27 PM
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The fighting order at the Battle of Lützen, Nov. 16, 1632, of both the Swedish and Imperial forces.
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26th February 2014, 01:51 PM
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This finely made Nuremberg specimen I photographed at an auction viewing in 2009.
Please also note the close-ups of the original woollen tassels of another caliverman's flask. m |
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26th February 2014, 02:56 PM
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On the right is a caliverman's flask with plain wooden body, ca. 1580-1600, in the reserve collection of the City Museum of Köln (Cologne).
Author's photo, 1987. For more on trapezoid flasks like those depicted in the photo, please see my thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15724 |
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