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Old 6th June 2009, 04:53 PM   #108
Matchlock
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Default The Marriage Bowl of Peine, Lower Saxony, Dated 1534

This finely painted limewood bowl depicts secenes from the Hildesheim Feud of 1522. It is preserved at the Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum in Brunswick.

Please note the representations of Landsknecht swords and early firearms.

Michael
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