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Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2014, 08:38 PM
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Posted By Matchlock
For some of the finest caliverman's flasks in...

For some of the finest caliverman's flasks in existence, see
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19421
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2014, 07:09 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 42,333
Posted By Matchlock
One more detail of the 19th c. Historismus period...

One more detail of the 19th c. Historismus period flask, and for contrast another, similar flask but carved in the characteristic manner of the 1830's to 1840's, and carried out at a Thuringian...
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2014, 05:54 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 42,333
Posted By Matchlock
On top a fine forked staghorn flask, the etching...

On top a fine forked staghorn flask, the etching and fire gilding both typical of the Augsburg style but the body engraved with characteristic Nuremberg foliage, ca. 1580.
Again, this highly...
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2014, 05:05 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 42,333
Posted By Matchlock
The bottom atts. depict other fine guns and...

The bottom atts. depict other fine guns and artworks created by the cooperation of Spät and Borstorffer in their characteristic style in the 1630's; they are in the British Museum London and the...
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2014, 04:11 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 42,333
Posted By Matchlock
Although retaining the characteristic North...

Although retaining the characteristic North Italian shape of butt stocks evolved in ca. 1570, and copied in Germany from ca. 1590 to 1600, this fine flask - and the gun it belonged to - cannot...
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2014, 03:52 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 42,333
Posted By Matchlock
This powder flask literally beats everything -...

This powder flask literally beats everything - made by Caspar Spät, who chiseled and gilt the iron, and the gun stockmaker Hieronymus Borstorffer; both artisans lived in Munich and worked together,...
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2014, 01:59 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 42,333
Posted By Matchlock
A very fine caliverman's combined flask and ball...

A very fine caliverman's combined flask and ball holder for a high-ranking officer of the bodyguard of a nobleman, most probably Augsburg, ca. 1580-1600, the wooden body covered with green velvet and...
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2014, 01:38 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 42,333
Posted By Matchlock
From the November 2013 auction by the same sales...

From the November 2013 auction by the same sales house:

A very fine Saxon flask for a caliverman officer of the Trabanten-Leibgarde (bodyguard) of the Electors of Saxony, either Christian...
Forum: European Armoury 18th December 2014, 11:18 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 42,333
Posted By Matchlock
Finest 16th to 18th Century German Powder Flasks - a Unique Collection!

All these came from a private collection and were sold through Hermann Historica, Munich, in 2013.
Among them are some of the finest quality the author has ever come across.
Enjoy.
...
Forum: European Armoury 17th December 2014, 06:30 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 48,018
Posted By Matchlock
Not exactly my field of expertise but I would...

Not exactly my field of expertise but I would call this a very fine and absolutely characteristic VIKING SWORD - this one really deserves being the symbol weapon and the emdodiment of our forum -...
Forum: European Armoury 17th December 2014, 06:22 PM
Replies: 178
Views: 734,972
Posted By Matchlock
Hi Alexander, Your idea sounds brilliant...

Hi Alexander,

Your idea sounds brilliant and at the same time both logical and very practical - thank you indeed!;):cool:
The only thing that still makes me ponder is that very spacious trough...
Forum: European Armoury 17th December 2014, 04:03 PM
Replies: 104
Views: 205,896
Posted By Matchlock
For a detailed discussion of that 16 kilogram...

For a detailed discussion of that 16 kilogram monster of a matchlock wall gun/haquebut from the former Regensburg City Arsenal, now in The Michael Trömner Collection, please see author's thread:
...
Forum: European Armoury 17th December 2014, 09:06 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 15,460
Posted By Matchlock
Hi Dana and Jim, I, too, think...

Hi Dana and Jim,


I, too, think that this is the remains of a partisan or spontoon (German: Partisane, Sponton) of ca. 1700:

...
Forum: European Armoury 16th December 2014, 08:02 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 187,431
Posted By Matchlock
A very unusual combined cartridge box/patron and...

A very unusual combined cartridge box/patron and powder flask, and with an addintional small compartment of unknown purpose, possibly for a worm and scourer for cleaning and clearing the barrel. The...
Forum: European Armoury 16th December 2014, 07:28 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 187,431
Posted By Matchlock
The one on top was sold Bonhams, 29.7.2009. ...

The one on top was sold Bonhams, 29.7.2009.

The two others Saxon, in the Dresden Rüstkammer.
Forum: European Armoury 16th December 2014, 06:06 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 187,431
Posted By Matchlock
An early sample of a patron/cartridge box, ca....

An early sample of a patron/cartridge box, ca. 1560-65, is in the reserve colletion of the Metroplitan Museum of Art, N.Y.,
see top two attachments.

Its edged...
Forum: European Armoury 16th December 2014, 02:17 PM
Replies: 63
Views: 187,431
Posted By Matchlock
In the Landeszeughaus Graz is an exact equivalent...

In the Landeszeughaus Graz is an exact equivalent to the cartrigde box in the author's collection discussed in thread #10.
It shows the very same decoration with tiny star-shaped brass nails...
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2014, 10:04 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,150
Posted By Matchlock
Hi Andy, I am both glad and grateful for...

Hi Andy,

I am both glad and grateful for supporting you, and: Thank you so much for appreciating what I try to achieve.

Best,
Michael
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2014, 10:03 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,150
Posted By Matchlock
Hi Andy, I am both glad and grateful for...

Hi Andy,

I am both glad and grateful for supporting you, and: Thank you so much for appreceating what I try to achieve.

Best,
Michael
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2014, 03:02 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 14,475
Posted By Matchlock
The stock is drilled to hold the sword blade...

The stock is drilled to hold the sword blade concealed.
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2014, 02:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 14,475
Posted By Matchlock
A very fine and very unusual footman's combined...

A very fine and very unusual footman's combined war hammer, flintlock gun and sword, ca. 1645-50, sold Thomas Del Mar, 3 December 2014, as part of the Princely Armory at Schloss Hohenlohe-Langenburg....
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2014, 02:45 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 14,475
Posted By Matchlock
One more stylistic comparison concerning the...

One more stylistic comparison concerning the mid-16th c. style of floral decoration on ironworks and weapons.
The ramrod of this flintlock axe is concealed ín the haft below the barrel.
Forum: European Armoury 13th December 2014, 02:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 14,475
Posted By Matchlock
A fine combined horseman's axe and flintlock gun,...

A fine combined horseman's axe and flintlock gun, the blade and barrel Nuremberg, ca. 1550, the flintlock almost cerainly Dutch, and stocked in the 1660's to ca. 1680, probably in Poland.
For...
Forum: European Armoury 12th December 2014, 11:03 PM
Replies: 178
Views: 734,972
Posted By Matchlock
A Suhl made breechloading Bockbüchse, early 17th...

A Suhl made breechloading Bockbüchse, early 17th c., in the historic arsenal (German: Zeughaus) at the Kunstsammlungen der Veste (fortress) Coburg, Franconia, Northern Bavaria.
Photo saved from...
Forum: European Armoury 12th December 2014, 10:34 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 38,309
Posted By Matchlock
Pikemen and Arkebusiers with Matchlock Muskets,...

Pikemen and Arkebusiers with Matchlock Muskets, on a Brussels tapestry of ca. 1580-1600.
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