CIRCA 1590

Details

A RARE GERMAN (AUGSBURG) CARTRIDGE BOX (PATRON)
Circa 1590
With wooden body of strongly arched plano-convex section drilled for five cartridges, the outer-face venereed in vertical strips of staghorn variously engraved with designs of strapwork, acanthus and cabling, with contrasting ebony strips heightened with horn lines and rosettes, rivetted blued iron mounts (now slightly rubbed and partly lightly oxidised), including spring-actuated hinged lid secured by a button catch, the base formed with a pronounced outward flange, and three loops for suspension.
4¾in (12.1cm)

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

A similar example is in the von Kienbusch Collection in The Philadelphia Museum of Art (1963 Cat. No. 739). Another is in the Landeszeughaus, Graz, Inv. Nr. PK.1. See Dr. Peter Krenn, Gewehr und Pistole, 1990, pp. 22/3

More from Antique Arms and Armour from the Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Jerome Zwanger

View All