Attached here is another detail of the muzzle section of the gun discussed in the previous post. A matchlock barrel in the Landeszeughaus Graz, inv. Attached are photos of another, almost identical wall gun still preserved in the Hohenlohe-Langenburg collection, the barrel struck with the same mark and the identical date ; most probably, the stock is the original although figured slightly diferent from that of the first piece.
Author's photos. Attached Images. Last edited by Matchlock; 10th December at PM. Three more close-ups of the muzzle section. The description and images from Tom Del Mar's catalog. A close comparison of the pan and cover of the Doppelhaken dated sold at Tom del Mar shows that when the author photographed it, the cover was not yet bent - the way it was by the time of the sale.
First two photos attached copyrighted by the author, the others copyrighted by Thomas Del Mar Ltd. Hi Jasper, Thanks for posting these! I will have more on them soon. The nail to the rear end of the pan on the wall gun dated you are refrerring to actually is the head of a rivet , the pivot for the swiveling pan cover.
I would say this is a working life repair of the igniting pan After so many shots, the corrosive blackpoder charge would have eaten right trough the quit thinly made pan In the exhibition hall, the author photographed three more similar wall pieces, all of them doubtlessly Nuremberg made; they still are in Schloss Hohenlohe-Langenburg: - one with a cast brass barrel very similar to the sample dated , and contemporary: see atts.
Hi Michael, thanks for your explanations and clarifications regarding this very interesting weapons re: Nail in pan I did not mean the pivot nail, There is also a similar nail hammered inside the pan you can see it on the picture. Do you maybe know its function? VBW, jasper. Best, Michael. Last edited by Matchlock; 4th January at AM.
