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LOT 1901
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
POST MEDIEVAL 'DORSET' BRONZE PETRONEL
17TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (16.3 grams, 70 mm).
17TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/4 in. (16.3 grams, 70 mm).
A cast petronel or model musket of Type 2 Design 1, with fishtail butt, facetted barrel, c-shaped pan and rectangular trigger guard; ring-and-dot motifs to the butt. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Found Dorset, UK.
Property of a Gloucestershire, UK, collector.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Forsyth, C. & Egan, G., Toys, Trifles & Trinkets. Base-Metal Miniatures from London 1200-1800, London, 2005, item 1.24.
FOOTNOTES:
The lower face of the barrel is absent near the trigger-guard.
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