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A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE STOCKED<br />
IN THE MANNER OF THE SO-CALLED MASTER OF THE<br />
CASTLES, CIRCA 1600, PROBABLY NUREMBERG<br />
with octagonal swamped sighted barrel stamped with the<br />
maker’s initials ‘H. W.’ (Neue Støckel 3167) over the breech,<br />
plain flat lock fitted with external wheel retained by a later<br />
pierced bracket, sliding pan-cover, and engraved dog (the<br />
upper portion of the dog and the pan-cover release<br />
missing), hardwood full stock veneered with ebony<br />
profusely inlaid with engraved mother-of-pearl plaques<br />
including hunters and hounds pursuing game over the foreend,<br />
a mounted cavalryman opposite the lock, and a castle<br />
on each side of the lock, raised cheek-piece decorated with<br />
a stag set upon by a hound and two hunters, all within<br />
staghorn segmental lines and enriched with bone and<br />
green-stained horn pellets, steel trigger-guard shaped for<br />
the fingers, and later patchbox-cover (worn, restorations,<br />
heavily varnished throughout)<br />
60.2cm; 23N in barrel<br />
A number of firearms stocked in this manner are stamped<br />
with Nuremberg town marks which would suggest their<br />
production in a large workshop in that town. See C. Blair<br />
1974, pp. 320-22 and J. F. Hayward 1962, p. 162. A carbine<br />
with notably similar inlay to the present example is<br />
preserved in the Bayerischen National Museum inv. nr.<br />
W628. See E. Schalkhau 1988, pp.30-31.<br />
£4000-5000<br />
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363<br />
A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE,<br />
CIRCA 1660<br />
with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with six<br />
grooves, stamped with the barrelsmith’s initials, ‘L D’ (Neue<br />
Støckel 3752) over the breech and grooved for sighting,<br />
plain lock engraved with a bouquet of fruit on the tail<br />
(refreshed), fitted with external wheel retained by an<br />
engraved gilt-brass cover, sliding pan-cover with gilt-brass<br />
button release chiselled with flowers and a heart, engraved<br />
pierced dog, double set trigger, fruitwood full stock carved<br />
with panels of foliage behind the tang, over the butt and<br />
behind the rear ramrod-pipe, inlaid with engraved staghorn<br />
plaques including addorsed marine monsters and pairs of<br />
running hounds all within segmental lines, horn butt-plate,<br />
sliding patchbox cover veneered with engraved staghorn,<br />
steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, and engraved<br />
staghorn fore-end cap (later ramrod, the steel parts<br />
cleaned, heavily varnished throughout)<br />
66.5cm; 26D in barrel<br />
£3500-4500<br />
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