Lot Essay
Cf. the cased set of Indo-Persian tools in the Wallace Collection (inv. no. 1737), now described as those of a farrier or leather worker
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18TH CENTURY
Details
Part Of A Set Of Indo-Persian Gunmaker's (?) Tools
18th Century
Of steel, comprising a spring-clamp with a flat hooked bar moved along a screw with a leaf-shaped head pierced with foliage, a small pair of pincers with curved handles, and a pair of slender forceps with straight handles, one formed as a hook at the bottom, and small pincer-like jaws each with a V-shaped central nick, the surfaces, with the exception of the head of the clamp-screw, with counterfeit-damascened gold decoration (partly rubbed)
3½in. (8.9cm.) to 51/8in. (13cm.) (3)
18th Century
Of steel, comprising a spring-clamp with a flat hooked bar moved along a screw with a leaf-shaped head pierced with foliage, a small pair of pincers with curved handles, and a pair of slender forceps with straight handles, one formed as a hook at the bottom, and small pincer-like jaws each with a V-shaped central nick, the surfaces, with the exception of the head of the clamp-screw, with counterfeit-damascened gold decoration (partly rubbed)
3½in. (8.9cm.) to 51/8in. (13cm.) (3)
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