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LOT 1431
Jacobean 'Published' Musket and Pistol Powder Measure Collection
17TH CENTURY A.D.
1-1 7/8 in. (331 grams total, 23-48 mm).
Including larger types with everted rim and smaller drum-shaped types. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Hertford End, Essex, UK.
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
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LOT 1431
Jacobean 'Published' Musket and Pistol Powder Measure Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Medieval Iron Long Bearded Axehead
Circa 14th-16th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
With a narrow curving blade and a tongue-shaped socket. 420 grams, 11.2 cm
Ex Californian collection, USA, 1980s. -
Arab 'Greek Fire' Ceramic Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade
13th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Piriform body decorated with concentric circles inside a horizontal band, raised ornamental neck, with domed filler-hole, intended to be filled with explosive liquid and wick, used as a hand grenade. 430 grams, 12 cm
From a military inspired collection formed from the 1990s.
The Arabs made good use of these weapons. Their efficiency was described in the account of the siege of Akka in 1189, given by the contemporary historian Ibn al-Athir. He tells how the Christians exercised their engineering skills and built mighty siege towers. The situation was hopeless for the defending Arabs until a man from Damascus showed up, because he knew how to produce Greek Fire: ‘To trick the Christians he first threw some vessels with naphtha and other things, which were not set on fire, upon one of the siege towers, and it was without power. The Christians...climbed the top of the siege tower...the man from Damascus waited until the contents of the vessels were spread all over. When the moment came, he threw a new pot, which was set on fire. In a few moments the fire was spread all over, and the siege tower was eaten up by the flames. The fire was spread in such a hurry that the Christians could not manage to climb down from the siege tower. Men, weapons, everything was eaten up by the flames.’ -
Medieval and Later Bronze Buckle Collection
14th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Including double-frame, shoe-buckle, scrolled and other types; many of these objects are published in the Detector Finds book series. 474 grams total, 12-71 mm
From the collection of the famous author, writer and speaker, Gordon Bailey, Essex, UK; formed since 1968.
