EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY RARE, ALL-IRON, PROFUSELY DECORATED GRENADE-WHEEL SPEAR.
Thick, round barrel decorated with a figure in a horse-drawn doublet and a coat-of-arms with a thunderbolt.
Strong flat-bodied lock, engraved with scrolls and punched, with external spinning wheel, held in place by a cut-out leafy flange.
Engraved and chased spring and hammer. Sliding bassoon cover.
Stock with ball knob, decorated en suite. Long round trigger guard and wrought-iron belt hook.
Hallmark attributed to Brunswick, it is our grenade launcher that is referenced in the "Stockel" for this hallmark n°2118, tome I, p.170.
Barrel length: 18.8 cm.
Overall length: 44 cm.
Muzzle diameter: 87 mm. Inside diameter: 64 mm.
A.B.E. Germany. Nuremberg. Circa 1570-1590.
Bibliography:
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F. Théodore DEXTER, "Half century Scrapbook of Vari-type Fire arms", n°401, plate 14, "German all metal Whelllock Hand Mortar, period 1580".
Provenance:
-Former Frank E. Bivens Junior collection (California).
-Former Alain Serpette collection
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