15th to 16th Century North Italian Edged Weapons and Their Marks

Matchlock · 6th October 2009, 07:56 PM

The hammer with the additional snap matchlock ca. 1550, the one combined with a wheel-lock ca. 1530. The rear ends of the stocks are copper soldered hollow iron tubes scheduled to receive the ramrod and fitted with a swiveling cover (see third pic, right).

The mirrored Z shaped ornaments on the nails or screws of the wheel-lock hammer are characteristic of almost all early 16th century ironwork. I attach two photos of an important Nuremberg padlock, ca. 1525-30, formerly in my collection, with the same Z decoration for comparison (see both ends of the bottom bar in the second image).

Now that was a little excerpt from Armi Bianche Italiane.

Best,
Michael

6th October 2009, 07:56 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Two Highly Unusual North Italian Combination Weapons The hammer with the additional snap matchlock ca. 1550, the one combined with a wheel-lock ca. 1530. The rear ends of the stocks are copper soldered hollow iron tubes scheduled to receive the ramrod and fitted with a swiveling cover (see third pic, right). The mirrored Z shaped ornaments on the nails or screws of the wheel-lock hammer are characteristic of almost all early 16th century ironwork. I attach two photos of an important Nuremberg padlock, ca. 1525-30, formerly in my collection, with the same Z decoration for comparison (see both ends of the bottom bar in the second image). Now that was a little excerpt from Armi Bianche Italiane. Best, Michael Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 7th October 2009 at 12:33 PM.