Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1730
with two-stage swamped sighted barrel struck with the
barrelsmith’s mark, a sabre, engraved with a band of
beadwork over the breech and retained by a pierced brass
band, plain bevelled lock, the lower portion of the cock
concealed within the lock and retained by a blued plate,
figured walnut half-stock carved with rococo ornament in
low relief, plain brass mounts of shaped outline including
side-plate, trigger-guard with moulded bow, butt-plate,
pierced vacant escutcheon and faceted brass ramrod-pipes
(later ramrod, fore-end cap and one sling swivel missing,
the stock with minor repairs)
105cm; 41G in barrel
£500-600
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A GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1740
with three-stage Italian barrel stamped ‘Gio Maria Aqvisii’
and fitted with silver fore-sight, plain bevelled lock, the
neck of the cock chiselled with foliage, figured walnut halfstock
carved with rococo ornament in low relief about the
barrel tang and ahead of the lock, plain brass mounts,
including butt-plate and side-plate with brass sling swivel,
wooden trigger-guard reinforced with a brass panel, horn
fore-end cap, and the butt applied with an inventory label
(the steel parts with light rust, the stock with minor chips
and repairs)
110.2cm; 43F in barrel
£400-500
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