Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING GUN, EARLY 17TH
CENTURY
converted for use as a trap or alarm gun, with cut-down
octagonal barrel, engraved flat lock decorated with a doe
and a stag pursued by a hound, fitted with internal wheel,
engraved raised wheel-cover, sliding pan-cover, engraved
pierced dog and flash-guard, double-ended trigger
protruding from above and beneath the spine of the butt,
figured walnut full stock (cracks and repairs), carved with
scrolling tendrils in relief about the barrel tang, and in front
of the lock, sliding patchbox-cover carved with scrolling
foliage and a grotesque mask (chipped), and fitted with a
ring for securing ring at the base
48.2cm; 19in barrel
£1500-2000
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A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, 17TH
CENTURY
converted for use as a trap or alarm gun, with cut-down
octagonal barrel stamped with the barrelsmith’s marks at
the breech, flat lock engraved with a pair of cavalry officers
in contemporary dress before a city, later hardwood full
stock, and later steel mounts of rudimentary construction
33cm; 13in
£1200-1800