SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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A FINE 140-BORE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK TSCHINKE
SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH BLUED SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL RIFLED WITH SIX GROOVES AND WITH THREE PANELS OF PUNCHED AND GILT DECORATION (BACK-SIGHT ALTERED AND WITH LATER GILT COVER), CHARACTERISTIC BLUED AND GILT LOCK WITH EXTERNAL MECHANISM, THE GILT FENCES WITH PUNCHED ORNAMENT (BLUEING AND GILDING LATER), THE COCK ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE, FULL STOCK PROFUSELY INLAID WITH HORN ANIMALS, MONSTERS, DEMI-FIGURES, BIRDS, SCROLLS AND PELLETS (MINOR REPLACEMENTS) ENRICHED WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL, BLUED IRON TRIGGER-GUARD (BLUEING LATER), BONE-TIPPED RAMROD, AND RETAINING MUCH ORIGINAL FINISH
34½IN. (87.6CM.) BARREL
SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH BLUED SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL RIFLED WITH SIX GROOVES AND WITH THREE PANELS OF PUNCHED AND GILT DECORATION (BACK-SIGHT ALTERED AND WITH LATER GILT COVER), CHARACTERISTIC BLUED AND GILT LOCK WITH EXTERNAL MECHANISM, THE GILT FENCES WITH PUNCHED ORNAMENT (BLUEING AND GILDING LATER), THE COCK ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE, FULL STOCK PROFUSELY INLAID WITH HORN ANIMALS, MONSTERS, DEMI-FIGURES, BIRDS, SCROLLS AND PELLETS (MINOR REPLACEMENTS) ENRICHED WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL, BLUED IRON TRIGGER-GUARD (BLUEING LATER), BONE-TIPPED RAMROD, AND RETAINING MUCH ORIGINAL FINISH
34½IN. (87.6CM.) BARREL