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5th December 2014, 04:40 PM
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Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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A Styrian Froschmaulspieß (frog's mouth pike), early 16th c., on its original but shortened haft of octagonal section throughout, overall length 2.86 m, and bearing an inventory stamp of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.
The Michael Trömner Collection. Last edited by Matchlock; 5th December 2014 at 05:32 PM. |
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12th December 2014, 12:02 AM
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A very fine and extremely rare Landsknecht's Langspieß, Southern Germany, Bavaria, ca. 1525-40, the original ash haft profusely profusely covered with knobs all over; the head struck with a maker's mark.
Overall length ca. 6 meters! Rüstkammer, Kunstsammlungen Veste Coburg. My brilliant friend Armin König, Hohenberg a.d. Eger, built an exact copy of this piece - striking the hard ashwood with hundreds of knobs that took extremely long to soak in water and stand up in the end; Armin told me he would never again in his life undertake a toil like that ... http://www.engerisser.de/Bewaffnung/.../Firearms.html On the photos, his copy, the head struck with Armin's maker's mark, is shown together with the original. Photos copyrighted by Armin König. Last edited by Matchlock; 12th December 2014 at 12:20 AM. |
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12th December 2014, 10:34 PM
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Pikemen and Arkebusiers with Matchlock Muskets, on a Brussels tapestry of ca. 1580-1600.
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