Lot Essay
For a discussion of the Liechtenstein type and a very similar model in the Musée de l'Armée, Paris, see A. L. Dawson, P. L. Dawson and S. Summerfield, Napoleonic Artillery, 2007, pp.208-9
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A MODEL FIELD ARTILLERY LIMBER OF AUSTRIAN LIECHTENSTEIN TYPE ADOPTED FOR USE WITHIN THE FRENCH GRIBEAUVAL SYSTEM
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Accurately constructed to scale, probably as an instructional model, fully detailed throughout, with wooden A-frame, single shaft, sweep-bar carrying a pair of swingle trees, iron pintle, and iron-shod spoked cambered wheels (very light worm now treated)
33in (83.8cm)
EARLY 19
Accurately constructed to scale, probably as an instructional model, fully detailed throughout, with wooden A-frame, single shaft, sweep-bar carrying a pair of swingle trees, iron pintle, and iron-shod spoked cambered wheels (very light worm now treated)
33in (83.8cm)
Special notice
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