with Tarras shield and shooting rack Weight: 165 hundredweight Calibre: approx. 40 cm Bullet made of stone A screwed main rifle, the gun was originally called "Duchess" (design: Cod. 10.824, Austrian National Library Vienna) and was renamed "Weckauf" by Maximilian around 1500. The "Weckauf" played a laudable role in the conquest of the fortress of Kufstein in 1504. Probably the same "Purlepaus" (also a main piece) was cast after the siege of Kufstien in 1504. The two guns are probably not guns that Maximilian cast, but those that Siegmund had cast. The master of these screw-in pieces is unknown. The main piece "Weckauf" cast in Innsbruck in 1536 could have been made by Hans Selos, who also cast two main guns of "2 Stucken mit Riglen", i.e. screwed pieces, in 1507. from: "Der Tiroler Geschützguss 1400-1600" by Erich Egg without figures.
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted, kit
Scale
Size 30 mm
Material
Pewter-Alloy 55%Sn 39%Pb 6%Sb
Epoch
Medieval
Time
1487 - 15. Jh.
Nationality/Location
Europe
State
New
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
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