Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A GERMAN AIR GUN OF BELLOWS TYPE BY
F.A.ROTMAUER IN LEGAU, CIRCA 1760
with signed octagonal swamped sighted barrel fitted with a
brass sleeve, plain tang, fully enclosed mechanism, figured
walnut full stock carved and incised with rococo scrollwork
about the tang, behind the ramrod-pipe and over the butt,
raised cheek-piece carved with further designs and fitted
with a bolt for winding the mechanism behind, wooden
trigger-guard with brass reinforce of shaped outline, brass
mounts including a pair of scrolling panels on each side of
the mechanism in imitation of a side-plate, two-piece buttplate,
three ramrod-pipes, and complete with its original
brass ramrod incomplete, the stock with minor repairs and
worm damage)
81.5cm; 32in barrel
A gun of similar date and signed Franz Anthony Rotmauer
in Legau is preserved in a German ancestral collection.
£1000-1200
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475
A GERMAN BREECH-LOADING SPRING AIR GUN, CIRCA
1870
with blued octagonal sighted barrel, fitted with adjustable
back-sight and opened by a sliding lever on the right of the
breech, plated cylindrical action operated by a separate
crank handle on the right, flush-fitting action tang, double
set trigger, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, raised
cheek-piece, and case-hardened steel mounts comprising
butt-plate with pronounced toe and spurred trigger-guard,
complete with its crank
52.2cm; 21in barrel
£600-800
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