Wheel chair, Western European type, 1610-1630.

Round, smooth-bore steel barrel, top of the chamber five-sided, soft over. On the underside of the pipe an indistinct stamp. Rectangular, slightly curved tail screw blade. Fortress: Two booklets. The barrel attached with a screw from below and two steel pipe pins. Wheel lock of Western European type, flat locking plate with bevelled edges, turned at the wheel. Exterior wheel attached with studel kl.6. Boiler with rounded lower edge, straight, thin gunpowder. Prison cover with movable arm. Male with a four-sided body. the upper edge facade., four sided neck. Triangular jaws, lower jaw loose, jaw screw with four sided head. Hand spring with bevelled edges, stud with straight front and turned back. Attachment: Two locking screws. Straight trigger. Wooden log with turned piston, lace oval end with piston cap and piston button made of steel. Around the tail screw blade, two parallel lines were cut and in between points. Full steel side plate of the shape of the locking blade. A bandy tubing of brass., the band is missing. Straight-shaped headgear, bent at an angle to the rear post, screwed into the log, the front end designed as a pointed blade with a heel for the fastening screw. Accessories: Charging log of wood, l: 358 mm, steel end plate.

Collection

Europeana

Title

Wheel chair, Western European type, 1610-1630.

Object Type

wheel chair

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