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162 | A rare Silesian Renaissance Teschen rifle, circa 1580/90 The slender, slightly conical, octagonal barrel with smooth bore in 9 mm calibre. Dovetailed brass sights in brass and iron. The wheellock with the typical external main spring, the wheel with embossed geometric décor. The spring-loaded pan cover with a release button. The full shaft made of walnut with lavish inlays of blackened and engraved bone. Portrait car- touches featuring figures in contemporary costume amidst mythical creatures, angels’ heads and fruit festoons, inter- spersed with fine, petal-shaped dot inlays. The patch box with a sliding lid and spring catch, iron harp-shaped finger rests, the wooden ramrod with bone tip. Length 129 cm. An unusual, early tschinke, which is doubtless one of the ear- liest known specimens of this rare type of Silesian rifle. 273913 II € 22.000