19TH CENTURY
Details
A GERMAN HAND PAVISE, IN LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE
19th Century
Of wooden rectangular construction faced with leather or vellum, the outer-covering sewn onto the body using hide stitches, of acutely corregated form with strongly convex central gutter, the inner-face painted dark red and fitted with hide loops top and bottom together with a T-shaped grip constructed of coarse wood and hide, the outer-face painted with a concentric pattern of black linear panels on a dark red ground and enclosing at the centre a black and white rectangle charged with an heraldic device (the grip a working replacement, the painted surfaces in un-restored original condition, now deteriorated).
20¾in (52.8cm)
19
Of wooden rectangular construction faced with leather or vellum, the outer-covering sewn onto the body using hide stitches, of acutely corregated form with strongly convex central gutter, the inner-face painted dark red and fitted with hide loops top and bottom together with a T-shaped grip constructed of coarse wood and hide, the outer-face painted with a concentric pattern of black linear panels on a dark red ground and enclosing at the centre a black and white rectangle charged with an heraldic device (the grip a working replacement, the painted surfaces in un-restored original condition, now deteriorated).
20¾
Provenance
J. C. Thurman, E. Kahlert & Sohn, Berlin, 1927
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium