New arms museulogic nucleus in Portugal

[fernando]

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[Norman McCormick]

Hi Fernando,
Where's the Artillery?
My Regards,
Norman.

[Matchlock]

Great job, Fernando, thanks a lot!

May I add that the Austrian matchlock musket of ca. 1645-50 comes from Frondsberg Castle, Styria, and was, together with a couple of amost identical specimens, sold Tom Del Mar, London, Dec 15, 2004. Another one of this rare series is in my collection. They are most important for never having beeen cleaned or restored, thus giving authentic proof of the immense shortage in material and the tremendous need during the final years of the Thirty Years War. Their beechwood stocks were never stained but left untreated and their general processing quality is very low. All they had to do is fire ...

I attach two details of my specimen.

Best,
Michael

[fernando]

Thank you Michael,
I am glad you added full info on that musket as, eventually , i didn't picture its legend.
Thank you also for the pictures of your specimen.
Fernando

[Marc]

Hi, Fernando.

This is no less than fantastic! I'm envious, seriously. Thank you very much for sharing it with us. Is it visitable by the general public? I could picture myself touring the already breathtaking wonders of Portugal in a route that would happen to include this collection and the Lisbon Army museum...

Best,

Marc

[fernando]

Hi Marc, muchas gracias .
Yes, it is open to general public.
If and when you intend to go there, i will point you the route; it is in a very central place in Cascais, anyway.
Salud.
Fernando

... and remember, you can take pictures, with or without flash; which is not the case in the Military Museum. There is allways someone watching you; either a young soldier or more commonly one of these sinister ugly women .

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[Jim McDougall]

Michael, thank you for pointing out the identification of that matchlock musket, and the historical importance on it! It is completely fascinating to see examples of these ersatz weapons which survived even though they were not decoratively furnished pieces that would have appealed to many early collectors. Obviously thier importance now is from thier clear historical importance.
I am always amazed at your comprehensive knowledge and recollection of the international world of salerooms and museums!

Fernando, thank you again for bringing this museums holdings to us here, and we clearly gain so much by seeing these items along with the comments they generate with the members here.

Nicely done gentlemen!!!
Wish I could go too Marc!!!

All the best,
Jim

[celtan]

Hola 'Nando,

Muito Obrigado for the museum's pictures, seems you have joined Michael's ranks of muito interesting posts! Kahnjar's were also very interesting.

Please enlighten me. What's the purpose behind forbidding picture-taking sans flash..? Do these Museums have books depicting their collections, and wish to sell them instead? A picture sans flash doesn't affect either paintings nor objects. The main reason for me visiting any museum would be precisely to take pictures of items I consider interesting, or to buy a photo-book of their collection.

I own a couple books from the Spanish Museo del Ejercito, so the prohibition to take pictures there would serve an actual purpose: stimulating the sale of their books. Otherwise, I don't see any logic behind such prohibition.

Any other reason that you guys may think of?

Best

Manolo

Originally Posted by fernando

Hi Marc, muchas gracias .
Yes, it is open to general public.
If and when you intend to go there, i will point you the route; it is in a very central place in Cascais, anyway.
Salud.
Fernando

... and remember, you can take pictures, with or without flash; which is not the case in the Military Museum. There is allways someone watching you; either a young soldier or more commonly one of these sinister ugly women .

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