Lot Essay
Similar muzzles are preserved in the Kienbusch Collection (No. 233) and the Wallace Collection (A451 and A452)
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DATED '1564'
Details
A RARE GERMAN TINNED IRON HORSE-MUZZLE
DATED '1564'
Of slender chamfered riveted bars forming panels of scrollwork, hatched lines to flat surfaces, the upper borders each involving a stag being chased by a hound, the upper edge with pierced triangular cresting, the upper nasal-bar with applied salamander, a panel with scrolled ends bearing the date '1564', and later buckles (re-tinned throughout, some repairs)
10½in. (26.7cm.) long
DATED '1564'
Of slender chamfered riveted bars forming panels of scrollwork, hatched lines to flat surfaces, the upper borders each involving a stag being chased by a hound, the upper edge with pierced triangular cresting, the upper nasal-bar with applied salamander, a panel with scrolled ends bearing the date '1564', and later buckles (re-tinned throughout, some repairs)
10½in. (26.7cm.) long
Provenance
Sold in these Rooms, 23 May 1990, Lot 77
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