Wheel chair, Western European type ca. 1635.

Smooth-bore barrel with round underside and five-sided upper side. Rectangular, slightly curved tail screw blade. Two booklets. On the underside of the chamber stamp with a jug (Stöckel nr 5246, dated ca. 1635). Fortress: Pipan urspr. attached with a screw from below and two wooden barrel pins, the screw is missing. Wheel lock of Western European type, flat locking plate turned at the wheel. On the rear tip a vortex fuse with a helical retracted grip, balusterform arm and jumper. External wheel. The prison forehead is missing. Male loose with a balusterous, upper-thundered body, neck with a strongly turned back edge. The lower jaw loose, a bracket screw with a four-sided head. Balusterform cottage (upper attachment opened). Male feather with bevelled edges bowl at the angle, balusterous feather leaf. Fortress: One, urspr. Two, Lockscrew. Comma shaped trigger. Dark brown full stock. Turned down at the wheel, Slightly bent piston with pointed oval piston turned, trimmed with edge strap. of steel, b: 9 mm Tape and Nose Ribbons of Steel Rear, facing the back post widened warp frame with rounded edges, the back post up heavily tapered and inset screwed to the log, the front end attached to the log with a screw, in front of the screw, the creature frame is drawn in a long, narrow tip, bent after the round of the log. Accessories: In the male a flint in a leather jacket (original?).

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Europeana

Title

Wheel chair, Western European type ca. 1635.

Object Type

wheel chair

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