BY ABOLONIUS MURMAN A SVERIN, DATED 1754
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A VERY FINE 18-BORE SWEDISH FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY ABOLONIUS MURMAN A SVERIN, DATED 1754
WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL AND FOLIATE SILVER FORE-SIGHT, THE BREECH SECTION WITH RAISED BROAD SIGHTING RIB AND FINELY CHISELLED IN RELIEF WITH A STANDING FIGURE OF DIANA IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE ON A GILT GROUND WITHIN ROCOCO DECORATION, CHISELLED AND GILT TANG WITH FURTHER ROCOCO MOTIFS, SIGNED BEVELLED LOCK EN SUITE, MOULDED FINELY FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CARVED WITH ROCOCO DECORATION IN RELIEF, CARVED CHEEK-PIECE, FULL GILT-BRONZE MOUNTS FINELY CAST AND CHASED IN RELIEF WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT HEIGHTENED WITH ENGRAVED ROCAILLES AND FOLIAGE, SHAPED SOLID SIDE-PLATE ENGRAVED WITH A SAILING BOAT AND A PUTTO, DATED BUTT-PLATE IN THE FRENCH FASHION WITH A CENTRAL FIGURE OF JUSTICE, ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS RAMROD-PIPES, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMROD (IRON PARTS WITH SOME LIGHT RUST STAINING IN PLACES, BARREL WITH MINOR PITTING AT THE MUZZLE)
40IN. (101.6CM.) BARREL
ABOLONIUS MURMAN (RECORDED 1740-60) WORKED IN STOCKHOLM, SCHWERIN, AND MECKLENBURG. HE WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MORITZ FRIEDRICH NUSSBAUM IN 1740 AND WITH ERIK WESSMAN IN 1741
BY ABOLONIUS MURMAN A SVERIN, DATED 1754
WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL AND FOLIATE SILVER FORE-SIGHT, THE BREECH SECTION WITH RAISED BROAD SIGHTING RIB AND FINELY CHISELLED IN RELIEF WITH A STANDING FIGURE OF DIANA IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE ON A GILT GROUND WITHIN ROCOCO DECORATION, CHISELLED AND GILT TANG WITH FURTHER ROCOCO MOTIFS, SIGNED BEVELLED LOCK EN SUITE, MOULDED FINELY FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CARVED WITH ROCOCO DECORATION IN RELIEF, CARVED CHEEK-PIECE, FULL GILT-BRONZE MOUNTS FINELY CAST AND CHASED IN RELIEF WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT HEIGHTENED WITH ENGRAVED ROCAILLES AND FOLIAGE, SHAPED SOLID SIDE-PLATE ENGRAVED WITH A SAILING BOAT AND A PUTTO, DATED BUTT-PLATE IN THE FRENCH FASHION WITH A CENTRAL FIGURE OF JUSTICE, ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS RAMROD-PIPES, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMROD (IRON PARTS WITH SOME LIGHT RUST STAINING IN PLACES, BARREL WITH MINOR PITTING AT THE MUZZLE)
40IN. (101.6CM.) BARREL
ABOLONIUS MURMAN (RECORDED 1740-60) WORKED IN STOCKHOLM, SCHWERIN, AND MECKLENBURG. HE WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MORITZ FRIEDRICH NUSSBAUM IN 1740 AND WITH ERIK WESSMAN IN 1741
Literature
KAA WENNBERG, EUROPEAN FIREARMS IN SWEDISH CASTLES, 1986, PP. 30-31