Lot 5027
A German wheel-lock rifle, circa 1700
Fine Antique and Modern Firearms | A83s | Live auction | 725 Lots
Hammer price € 4,200
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Octagonal, slightly conically tapered barrel rifled with twelve grooves in 12 mm calibre. Brass and iron dovetail sights. Lock with internal wheel and spring-loaded pan cover. Finely decorated lockplate and hammer portraying Nereids and a lion between scrolling leaves. Signature “Caspar Keilholz” with rich inlays of engraved and blackened bone, the front ramrod ferrule replaced. Butt cap of light-coloured horn, the patchbox with spring-loaded sliding cover. Ramrod missing. Length 114 cm.Condition: II Questions about the lot?
