antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar Ltd

541
A 25 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE,
CIRCA 1680
with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves
and incised with a series of numbers and letters over the
breech (rubbed, extended), flat lock engraved with scrolls
enclosing a deer in a landscape, fitted with internal wheel,
sliding pan-cover, flash-guard and engraved dog, double
set trigger, figured walnut full stock moulded over the
fore-end (small repairs), the butt with raised cheek-piece
inlaid with a chamois between a pair of fronds on the left,
and patchbox with sliding cover inlaid with engraved
staghorn on the right, a pair of engraved staghorn
ramrod-pipes, engraved staghorn fore-end cap, horn buttcap,
associated ramrod and with a wheel-lock key
66.2cm; 26Bin barrel
‡ £800-1000
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A 140 BORE NORTH EUROPEAN WHEEL-LOCK BIRDING
RIFLE, CIRCA 1640
with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight
grooves, flat lock-plate engraved with naïve scrolls of
foliage, fitted with internal wheel with raised cover,
sliding pan-cover with button release (finial missing),
pierced engraved dog, fruitwood full stock incised with
scrolls opposite the lock, and over the butt, the latter with
patchbox underneath fitted with sliding cover, and steel
mounts comprising trigger-guard, butt-plate, fore-end cap
and ramrod channel reinforce (later ramrod, the stock
with minor repairs), and a later wheel-lock key
75.5cm; 29Nin barrel
‡ £800-1000