Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria - Thomas Del Mar

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A 22 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE,
LATE 17TH CENTURY
with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight
grooves (back-sight replaced), engraved with a series of
lines over the breech and stamped with the maker’s initials,
‘GG’, on the left, flat lock lightly engraved with linear
ornament, scrolls and a flowerhead about the wheel
spindle, fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, and
flash-guard, pierced dog engraved with a bird-of-prey,
double set trigger, fruitwood full stock moulded over the
fore-end, inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques, including
a tusked monster and a flowerhead opposite the lock
forming the side nail washers, an oval engraved with a pair
of feathers beneath a crown under the lock, carved cheekpiece
inlaid with the seated figure of Ceres within an oval
frame of foliage on the left, fitted with patchbox on the
right with sliding cover veneered with engraved staghorn
plaques including a lion mask and an expanded
flowerhead, the spine inlaid with further panels including
the inscription ‘Secretari’, and ‘XXV’, steel trigger-guard
moulded for the fingers, horn butt-cap, a pair of engraved
bone ramrod-pipes, and engraved bone fore-end cap (later
ramrod)
86.7cm; 34Bin barrel
Provenance
The Jagdkammer of the Reichsgrafen R. von Kaunitz, part
II, sold
Galerie Fischer, Zurich, 13 May, 1936, lot 154
Rudolf von Kaunitz and his son Johann Wilhelm were both
keen hunters and Oberstlandesjägermeister of Bohemia. In
addition to inventory numbers a number of the wheel-lock
sporting guns they had were given individual names.
‡ £3000-5000
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A 28 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE,
LATE 17TH CENTURY
with octagonal swamped barrel rifled with seven grooves
(sights removed), stamped with the brass-lined maker’s
mark, the letters ‘IGS’ above a vase, over the breech and
engraved with a band of beadwork (the barrel chemically
cleaned), the tang numbered ‘1’, flat lock fitted with internal
wheel, sliding pan-cover, and flash-guard, the lock-plate
finely engraved with an architectural landscape including, in
the fore-ground, an ostrich cornered by hounds with a
Turkish bowman behind and a mounted Turk with a U-
shaped spear ahead, engraved dog decorated with foliage
(the upper jaw with one small chip), double set trigger (the
forward trigger missing), figured walnut full stock moulded
over the fore-end, impressed ‘XXXXXII’ beneath the lock,
the butt inlaid on the left with a large engraved staghorn
plaque decorated with a couple riding a monstrous beast,
and on the right with patchbox with sliding cover veneered
in burrwood and engraved staghorn, the spine of the butt
inlaid with further engraved staghorn plaques including the
inscription ‘Fortunato’ and ‘XIIII’, engraved steel triggerguard
shaped for the fingers, bone butt-plate, engraved
staghorn side nail washers, engraved ramrod-pipe, and
engraved fore-end cap (ramrod missing, light wear)
85cm; 33Iin barrel
Provenance
The Jagdkammer of the Reichsgrafen R. von Kaunitz, part I
sold
Galerie Fischer, Luzern, 3 September 1935, lot. 114,
illustrated.
A double barrelled wheel-lock pistol manufactured in
Nuremberg circa 1585 is stamped with a similar mark with
the letters IS. See Støckel, p. 1251, nos. 3585 and 3586.
See footnote to the previous lot.
‡ £3000-5000
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