A Very Rare Nuremberg Arquebus 'Bronze'/Brass Barrel, ca. 1500-10

[Matchlock]

Thank you, 'Nando,

Actually their number seemed to have slightly increased within the last years, so I took some new images today:

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[Matchlock]

A snap-tinderlock arquebus, together with its accouterments including worms, scourers and ball extractors for the ramrod finial.
From a South German manuscript, ca. 1525-30.

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[fernando]

Originally Posted by Matchlock

Thank you, 'Nando,

Actually their number seemed to have slightly increased within the last years, so I took some new images today:

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Astonishing

[Matchlock]

Oh yeah! Though I am the only one to provide a satisfactory explanation ...

Well, I just had to grasp two singular opportunities and buy these.
After all, accoutermemts like these range among the greatest rarissimae - most of the best museums cannot present a single item, not even of 19th c. date ...

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[Matchlock]

As they are so rarely seen ever, attached find some details of three scourers from my collection.

The one in the first image, finely made and preserved in excavated condition, can be dated to the early decades of the 16th c., while the lower two are perfectly preserved, retaining all their original file traces plus fine patina, being about 100 years later/'younger'.

The first is about 8 cm long, the other two are about 6 cm.


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[fernando]

Fantastic examples !
I like the term 'younger'

[Matchlock]

We are not talking about girls though ...

The most interesting point I think is that in these close-ups we can exactly study how these indispensable tools were made - for probably the first time ever. It seems to me that the later they are the more complicated they were manufactured.

Btw, I think this is a topic just customized to our friend Richard ...


Best,
Michl

[Matchlock]

For early-16th c. Nuremberg brass/bronze barrels and complete guns please see

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8185