Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

European and American Firearms
THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN NOBLEMAN
358
A FINE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE,
TESCHEN, MID-17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY PAWEL
KALIWODA
with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with nine
grooves, punched with scrolls and foliage at the muzzle,
over the median and the breech, fitted with standing backsight
seated on a crouching gilt salamander, and stamped
with the maker’s initials over the breech (Neue Støckel
4295), flat lock applied with a large pierced and engraved
gilt-brass plaque decorated with a running stag and a birdof-prey,
fitted with external wheel, sliding pan-cover with
gilt-brass button release chiselled as a cherubic mask,
pierced and engraved dog formed as a stylised lion, set
trigger, figured hardwood full stock, profusely inlaid over its
full surface with scrolling staghorn tendrils and pellets
inhabited by hounds, stags, birds-of-prey, foxes and
rabbits, enriched with engraved mother-of-pearl ball
flowers, the butt decorated en suite including cheek-piece
centring on a vacant mother-of-pearl plaque supported by a
pair of eagles on the left and with sliding patchbox-cover
inlaid en suite on the right, steel trigger-guard shaped for
the fingers, engraved staghorn butt-plate decorated with a
bird-of-prey, engraved bone ramrod-pipes, and
contemporary ramrod with engraved staghorn tip (the steel
parts cleaned)
82.8cm; 32K in barrel
Pawel Kaliwoda is recorded in Teschen circa 1650-72, see
C v
. Pus v kar v i 2005, p. 45. A tschinke by this maker is
preserved in the Waffensammlung, the Kunsthistorisches
Museum, Vienna. see V. Karger 1964, p.39.
£5000-7000
166
359
A SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK BIRDING RIFLE (TSCHINKE),
SIGNED WS, CIRCA 1640-50
with slender octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with
eight narrow grooves, inlaid with a broad panel of
engraved brass filled with ropework patterns and foliage at
the muzzle, median and the breech, the latter stamped with
the maker’s mark (Neue Støckel 4809), lock of characteristic
form applied with large brass plaques pierced and
engraved with scrolling eagle heads and designs of
scrolling foliage, fitted with external mainspring and sliding
pan-cover (pan-cover detached, button release and flashguard
missing), pierced dog applied with engraved brass
plaques en suite including a pair of addorsed serpents on
the bridle, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid over its
entire length with green-stained bone, mother-of-pearl and
staghorn plaques enriched with engraved brass plaques
including a dog playing a harp beneath the lock, a pair of
addorsed scaly monsters opposite the lock and a strapwork
cartouche on the cheek-piece, the butt enriched with brass
pellets and fitted with sliding patchbox-cover decorated en
suite (minor restorations and repairs), plain brass butt-plate
and trigger-guard shaped for the fingers (repaired), three
engraved brass ramrod-pipes, engraved brass fore-end
cap, a steel sling swivel (one missing), and associated steel
ramrod
103.8cm; 40P in barrel
A tschinke with the same maker’s mark is preserved in the
Waffensammlung, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
£5000-7000
360
A SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK BIRDING GUN (TSCHINKE),
MID-17TH CENTURY
with slender octagonal swamped barrel fitted with brass
fore-sight within a groove at the muzzle, lock of
characteristic form, fitted with external mainspring partly
covered by an engraved brass plaque, engraved sliding
pan-cover with button release, button-catch for setting the
sear, flash-guard, and engraved dog decorated with a
tusked monster, set trigger, fruitwood full stock inlaid over
its surface with engraved stagorn plaques and pellets
within horn segmental lines, the butt decorated with scrolls
and fruit on each side, patchbox with later sliding cover on
the right, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers (one
screw missing), horn butt-plate (repaired), engraved horn
ramrod-pipe, engraved horn fore-end cap, and associated
steel-tipped wooden ramrod (cleaned)
100.7cm; 39K in barrel
£3500-4500