Lot 1451* - A198 Arms & Armour - Thursday, 30. September 2021, 05.00 PM
LINSTOCK
German, ca. 1700, Mainz, artillery device.
Tip with rhombic cross-section, base with etched decoration: coat-of-arms of Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1695-1729). Curved arms on both sides, ending in fuse holders designed as animal heads. Conical, round socket, three of the four rings for attaching the fuse are missing. Langets, round shaft.
L 227 cm.
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An exceptionally-rare Mainz linstock from the reign of the Archbishop-Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn, which was used for firing cannons.
Cf. Heinz Werner Lewerken: Kombinationswaffen des 15.-19. Jahrhunderts, 1989, p. 291, No. 191.
Cf. Heinz Werner Lewerken: Kombinationswaffen des 15.-19. Jahrhunderts, 1989, p. 291, No. 191.
CHF 600 / 900 | (€ 620 / 930)
Sold for CHF 2 163 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.