An arquebusiers powder flask of about 1540's

Matchlock · 24th June 2014, 02:22 AM

Images depicting

- a very fine cranequin dated 1540, and struck with the well-known maker's mark of the Nuremberg 'Master of the crossed arrows' (definition set up by Michael Trömner), lined in brass

and

- an unusually finely wrought cranequin, defined as a masterpiece; the ratched bar elaborately engraved with petiolate trefoils set within a grapevine pattern, and dated 1545.
Cf.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...bow+collection

Both cranequins are struck with the Nuremberg workshop mark of the 'Master of the crossed arrows'.

German private collection

Best,
Michael Trömner

24th June 2014, 02:22 AM	#9
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Images depicting - a very fine cranequin dated 1540, and struck with the well-known maker's mark of the Nuremberg 'Master of the crossed arrows' (definition set up by Michael Trömner), lined in brass and - an unusually finely wrought cranequin, defined as a masterpiece; the ratched bar elaborately engraved with petiolate trefoils set within a grapevine pattern, and dated 1545. Cf. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...bow+collection Both cranequins are struck with the *Nuremberg workshop mark of the 'Master of the crossed arrows'.* *German private collection* Best, Michael Trömner Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 24th June 2014 at 10:48 AM.