LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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Three English Bronze Toy Firearms
Late 16th/early 17th Century
Two in the form of a matchlock pistol with faceted lemon-shaped pommel (each pistol incomplete), one retaining most of its firing mechanism, the other with painted inscription 'Brownscover, Warwicks', the third is in form of a matchlock musket with rudimentary pan at the breech, the fish-tail butt decorated with concentric circles
35/8in. (9.3cm.) to 6in. (15.2cm.) (3)

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Lot Essay

A number of similar pieces, excavated in London, are preserved in the Guildhall and London Museums

For a discussion of such miniature firearms see H.L. Blackmore, 'Elizabethan Toy Guns', The Sixth Park Lane Arms Fair, 1989, pp. 10-14

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