MANNHEIM, DATED 1764
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A GERMAN FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS
MANNHEIM, DATED 1764
WITH SIGHTED TWO-STAGE IRON BARREL WITH FLATTENED OVAL MUZZLE, THE BROWNED OCTAGONAL BREECH WITH STAMPED FINISH, SILVER-INLAID INSCRIPTION 'ESQUIBEL EN MADRID ANNO 1764', TWO PUNZóNES IN IMITATION OF THOSE OF DIEGO ESQUIBEL OF MADRID, A CROSS, AND SEVEN DECORATIVE MARKS, ALL LINED WITH GILT COPPER, ROUNDED LOCK STAMPED 'SVENO (SIC) MATHIA A MANNHEIM' AND WITH SAFETY-CATCH, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK (FORE-END TIP CRACKED AND CHIPPED) CARVED WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT IN RELIEF, BRASS MOUNTS FINELY CAST AND CHASED WITH SCROLLWORK, ANIMALS, AND ROCOCO ORNAMENT, SOME ON A PUNCHED GROUND, CHEEK-PIECE, HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, AND DOUBLE SLING OF PLAITED GREEN CORD
33IN. (83.8CM.)
MANNHEIM, DATED 1764
WITH SIGHTED TWO-STAGE IRON BARREL WITH FLATTENED OVAL MUZZLE, THE BROWNED OCTAGONAL BREECH WITH STAMPED FINISH, SILVER-INLAID INSCRIPTION 'ESQUIBEL EN MADRID ANNO 1764', TWO PUNZóNES IN IMITATION OF THOSE OF DIEGO ESQUIBEL OF MADRID, A CROSS, AND SEVEN DECORATIVE MARKS, ALL LINED WITH GILT COPPER, ROUNDED LOCK STAMPED 'SVENO (SIC) MATHIA A MANNHEIM' AND WITH SAFETY-CATCH, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK (FORE-END TIP CRACKED AND CHIPPED) CARVED WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT IN RELIEF, BRASS MOUNTS FINELY CAST AND CHASED WITH SCROLLWORK, ANIMALS, AND ROCOCO ORNAMENT, SOME ON A PUNCHED GROUND, CHEEK-PIECE, HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, AND DOUBLE SLING OF PLAITED GREEN CORD
33IN. (83.8CM.)