A RARE NORTH GERMAN (BRUNSWICK) EMBOSSED IRON CARTRIDGE-BOX (PATRON) Circa 1575-85 With wooden body of plano-convex section drilled for five cartridges, the interior fitted with a brass plate reinforcing the apertures, the body with two fabric-covered panels at the front, the remainder almost completely encased in blackened iron finely embossed in high relief, involving a pair of frontal panels each decorated with a pierced formal arrangement of leaves and scrolls issuant from a central rosette, border panels with diamond-shaped nodules arranged in rows and all engraved in imitation of rough bark, the base embossed with a series of putti masks and fruit joined as a frieze, hinged spring-actuated lid embossed with a winged putto mask, and with three loops for suspension. 5 1/8 i n (13.1cm)
A RARE NORTH GERMAN (BRUNSWICK) EMBOSSED IRON CARTRIDGE-BOX (PATRON) Circa 1575-85 With wooden body of plano-convex section drilled for five cartridges, the interior fitted with a brass plate reinforcing the apertures, the body with two fabric-covered panels at the front, the remainder almost completely encased in blackened iron finely embossed in high relief, involving a pair of frontal panels each decorated with a pierced formal arrangement of leaves and scrolls issuant from a central rosette, border panels with diamond-shaped nodules arranged in rows and all engraved in imitation of rough bark, the base embossed with a series of putti masks and fruit joined as a frieze, hinged spring-actuated lid embossed with a winged putto mask, and with three loops for suspension. 5 1/8 i n (13.1cm)
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