Lot 3106
A deluxe German wheellock rifle with finely carved stock, circa 1660
Arms & Armour, and Antique Firearms | A109aw | Live auction | 1369 Lots
Description
The octagonal barrel slightly constricted in the middle with seven-groove rifled bore in 12.5 mm calibre. Dovetailed brass and iron sights. A brass-lined mark with “H” above a seated bird at the breech. Finely engraved tendrils at the muzzle and root of the barrel. The lock with external, fully enclosed wheel, the wheel cover and spring housing with finely engraved, brass openwork mounts. Spring-loaded pan cover with release button. The lock plate engraved with a hunting scene of a hunter with his hound, aiming at a stag with his wheellock rifle. Adjustable set trigger, iron harp-shaped finger guard. Intricately carved stock of ebonised walnut with inlays of engraved and blackened bone. Depictions of hounds and wild animals amidst leafy vines on the forearm. At the centre of the cheek piece, a helmeted escutcheon inlaid in bone, to the left a hunter with boar spear. Spring-locked patch-box lid of engraved bone; medallions with animal depictions inlaid on the butt and underside, the screws and barrel pins backed with engraved decorative rosettes in bone. Ramrod pipes of engraved bone. Original ramrod with iron wad hook, the engraved bone tip well replaced. Length 102.5 cm.Condition: II + Questions about the lot?
