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Matchlock · 14th November 2008, 08:07 PM

Ed,

I fully agree with your justification.

Traces of red lead (minium) paint - you sure caught me there! - sounds a lot like 16th/17th century by the latest.

Anyway, I am covinced that you got a very early piece. A tentative attribution to Nuremberg or - in general - South Germany/Austria/The Tyrol (within their historical boundaries respectively) - cannot be generally excluded although that sort of hardy tools was made identically all over Western Europe .

In any case it seems extremely attractive to me! Well done, buddy.

Maybe I should start purchasing my 16th century harquebuses from ebay

Michael

14th November 2008, 08:07 PM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Ed, I fully agree with your justification. Traces of red lead (minium) paint - you sure caught me there! - sounds a lot like 16th/17th century by the latest. Anyway, I am covinced that you got a very early piece. A tentative attribution to Nuremberg or - in general - South Germany/Austria/The Tyrol (within their historical boundaries respectively) - cannot be generally excluded although that sort of hardy tools was made identically all over Western Europe . In any case it seems extremely attractive to me! Well done, buddy. Maybe I should start purchasing my 16th century harquebuses from ebay Michael