antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar Ltd

449
A .700 CALIBRE COMPOSITE CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK
MUSKET, AND A .750 CALIBRE COMPOSITE
CONTINENTAL FLINTLOCK CARBINE, EARLY 19TH
CENTURY
the first with tapering barrel retained by three barrel
bands, the tang re-engraved with the date 1763,
regulation lock with rounded tail and brass pan, full stock
with recessed cheek-piece, and steel mounts; the second
with earlier barrel retained by two steel bands, strongly
bevelled lock, walnut full stock (chipped), and regulation
steel mounts
the first: 92.5cm; 36Gin barrel
(2)
£250-350
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450
450
A GERMAN AIR GUN OF BELLOWS TYPE BY F. A.
ROTMAUER IN LEGAU, CIRCA 1760
with signed swamped octagonal 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 butt-plate, 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.
£500-600