Sale 9436
London, King Street-South Kensington Offsite sale
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18 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 299
Estimate
A DUAL-PURPOSE V-SPRING POWDER-TESTER Early 19th Century Entirely of steel apart from leather rider on the brass wire (markings worn), complete with locking pin 22¼in. (18.1cm.)
Provenance
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Literature
Cf. R.T.W. Kempers, Eprouvettes, fig.148
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