Lot Essay
A patron of identical type is in the Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. Nr. PK 16. See Dr. Peter Krenn, Gewehr und Pistole, 1990, pp.22/3
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CIRCA 1580-90
Details
A RARE GERMAN EMBOSSED IRON CARTRIDGE-BOX (PATRON)
Circa 1580-90
Possibly Nuremberg, with wooden body of plano-convex section drilled for five cartridges, the interior fitted with a brass plate reinforcing the apertures, the body almost entirely encased in blackened iron embossed with a pattern of nodular rosettes and lines on a ground of minute nodules, with spring-actuated hinged lid secured by a button catch, the base formed with a pronounced down-turned flange, the underside retaining its original leather covering, and the back slotted twice for a strap and fitted with single loop for suspension.
5¼in (13.3cm)
Circa 1580-90
Possibly Nuremberg, with wooden body of plano-convex section drilled for five cartridges, the interior fitted with a brass plate reinforcing the apertures, the body almost entirely encased in blackened iron embossed with a pattern of nodular rosettes and lines on a ground of minute nodules, with spring-actuated hinged lid secured by a button catch, the base formed with a pronounced down-turned flange, the underside retaining its original leather covering, and the back slotted twice for a strap and fitted with single loop for suspension.
5¼
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