Thomas Del Mar - Armour Sale

389390389A GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY ZIILY, CIRCA1730with blued two-stage signed sighted barrel rifled withtwelve grooves, bevelled lock engraved with a mountedhunter attacking a bear beneath the pan and a furtherhunting scene on the tail, figured walnut full stock carvedwith rococo foliage and flowers in low relief about thebarrel tang, raised cheek-piece carved with scrollwork andflowers behind, wooden trigger-guard reinforced with aplain brass plaque of shaped outline, and brass mountsincluding two-piece side-plate and two-piece butt-plate,horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped woodenramrod (incomplete)87.6cm; 34I in barrelThis gun was probably made by Joseph Zilly, recorded inKirchheim, Wurttemberg circa 1701-45.£1000-1500390A GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, CIRCA 1730with two-stage swamped sighted barrel struck with thebarrelsmith’s mark, a sabre, engraved with a band ofbeadwork over the breech and retained by a pierced brassband, plain bevelled lock, the lower portion of the cockconcealed within the lock and retained by a blued plate,figured walnut half-stock carved with rococo ornament inlow relief, plain brass mounts of shaped outline includingside-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; 41F in barrel£1000-1500161