LINSTOCK German, ca. 1700, Mainz, artillery device. Tip with rhombic cross-section, base with etched decoration: coat-of-arms of Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (1695-1729). Curved arms on both sides, ending in fuse holders designed as animal heads. Conical round socket, three of the four rings for attaching the fuse are missing. Langets, round shaft. L 227 cm. An exceptionally-rare Mainz linstock from the reign of the Archbishop-Elector Lothar Franz von Schönborn, which was used for firing cannons. Cf. Heinz Werner Lewerken: Kombinationswaffen des 15.-19. Jahrhunderts, 1989, p. 291, No. 191. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.