WAR HAMMERS for Footmen and Horsemen, 14th to 16th Centuries

Matchlock · 5th December 2014, 01:00 PM

This fine hammer in the collections of the Metropolitan Museujm N.Y., richly decorated with cut and pierced ornaments in the Italian manner, can also be dated to the mid 16th c.

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Matchlock · 8th December 2014, 02:52 PM

This good horseman's hammer, ca. 1525-40, all iron parts heavily pitted, failed to sell at Czerny's two days ago.

Matchlock · 8th December 2014, 03:46 PM

Another horseman's hammer, ca. 1525-40, the grip retaining its original leather wrist loop securiing it to the wrist, the laynyard, is in the museum of Schloss Grandson, Switzerland.
The (rather poor) image was retrieved from Facebook.

For a tiny group of such hammers combined with a wheellock gun, please see:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19388

Attachments, from top:

- 3 atts., dated 1427: cod. membr. 8., f. 32v; monastery library in Sarnen, Switzerland

- dated 1459: Hans Talhoffer: Alte Armatur- und Ringkunst, Bavaria, f. 109v-110r;
see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Talhoffer

- a finely made hammer, mid-15th c., and a chiseled and gilt head, mid-16th c., in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München; author's photos
- a good selection of hammers in the museum of Burg Eltz; photos copyrighted by Ralf Maier

5th December 2014, 01:00 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	This fine hammer in the collections of the Metropolitan Museujm N.Y., richly decorated with cut and pierced ornaments in the Italian manner, can also be dated to the mid 16th c. m Attached Images

8th December 2014, 02:52 PM	#2
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	This good horseman's hammer, ca. 1525-40, all iron parts heavily pitted, failed to sell at Czerny's two days ago. Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 8th December 2014 at 03:41 PM.

8th December 2014, 03:46 PM	#3
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Another horseman's hammer, ca. 1525-40, the grip retaining its original leather wrist loop securiing it to the wrist, the laynyard, is in the museum of Schloss Grandson, Switzerland. The (rather poor) image was retrieved from Facebook. For a tiny group of such hammers combined with a wheellock gun, please see: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19388 Attachments, from top: - 3 atts., dated 1427: cod. membr. 8., f. 32v; monastery library in Sarnen, Switzerland - dated 1459: Hans Talhoffer: Alte Armatur- und Ringkunst, Bavaria, f. 109v-110r; see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Talhoffer - a finely made hammer, mid-15th c., and a chiseled and gilt head, mid-16th c., in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München; author's photos - a good selection of hammers in the museum of Burg Eltz; photos copyrighted by Ralf Maier Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 8th December 2014 at 08:17 PM.