A GERMAN COMBINED WHEEL-LOCK SPANNER AND TURNSCREW, entirely of iron, with baluster stem of octagonal section interrupted by engraved mouldings and with spatulate base pierced and engraved with foliage, the head en suite with the stem and made for spindles of differing sizes, central ring for suspension (incomplete); another, plain; and another (incomplete), each 17th Century | Christie's

Lot 72

A GERMAN COMBINED WHEEL-LOCK SPANNER AND TURNSCREW, entirely of iron, with baluster stem of octagonal section interrupted by engraved mouldings and with spatulate base pierced and engraved with foliage, the head en suite with the stem and made for spindles of differing sizes, central ring for suspension (incomplete); another, plain; and another (incomplete), each 17th Century

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A GERMAN COMBINED WHEEL-LOCK SPANNER AND TURNSCREW, entirely of iron, with baluster stem of octagonal section interrupted by engraved mouldings and with spatulate base pierced and engraved with foliage, the head en suite with the stem and made for spindles of differing sizes, central ring for suspension (incomplete); another, plain; and another (incomplete), each 17th Century
8 5/8in., 7 7/8in. and 5 3/8in. (3)

Provenance

E.J. Churchill Collection, Orange Street Gunworks, London W.C. 2

Lot Essay

The first item is very similar to Wallace Collection No. A 1323

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