BY JOHANN GEORG POLZ OF CARLSBAD, CIRCA 1740
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A 16-BORE BOHEMIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE
BY JOHANN GEORG POLZ OF CARLSBAD, CIRCA 1740
WITH SIGNED SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL ENGRAVED WITH A BAND OF FOLIAGE AT THE BREECH AND RIFLED WITH NINE GROOVES, FLAT LOCK WITH INTERNAL WHEEL AND PINEAPPLE FINIAL, THE PLATE ENGRAVED WITH A STAG DRINKING FROM A POOL IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE, THE COCK AND BRIDLE TO THE COCK-SPRING ENGRAVED WITH MONSTERS AND FOLIAGE, FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK WITH FLUTED FORE-END (CHIPPED), THE BUTT LIGHTLY CARVED IN RELIEF AND INLAID ON THE CHEEK-PIECE WITH A STAR IN WHITE HORN AND EBONY, FLUTED PATCH-BOX COVER OF WOOD AND HORN, IRON TRIGGER-GUARD, HORN FORE-END CAP, SIDE-NAIL WASHERS AND RAMROD-PIPES (FORWARD PIPE MISSING), HORN BUTT-PLATE WITH IRON BUTTON, SET TRIGGER (INCOMPLETE), AND ORIGINAL HORN-TIPPED RAMROD
32¼IN. (81.9CM.) BARREL
BY JOHANN GEORG POLZ OF CARLSBAD, CIRCA 1740
WITH SIGNED SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL ENGRAVED WITH A BAND OF FOLIAGE AT THE BREECH AND RIFLED WITH NINE GROOVES, FLAT LOCK WITH INTERNAL WHEEL AND PINEAPPLE FINIAL, THE PLATE ENGRAVED WITH A STAG DRINKING FROM A POOL IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE, THE COCK AND BRIDLE TO THE COCK-SPRING ENGRAVED WITH MONSTERS AND FOLIAGE, FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK WITH FLUTED FORE-END (CHIPPED), THE BUTT LIGHTLY CARVED IN RELIEF AND INLAID ON THE CHEEK-PIECE WITH A STAR IN WHITE HORN AND EBONY, FLUTED PATCH-BOX COVER OF WOOD AND HORN, IRON TRIGGER-GUARD, HORN FORE-END CAP, SIDE-NAIL WASHERS AND RAMROD-PIPES (FORWARD PIPE MISSING), HORN BUTT-PLATE WITH IRON BUTTON, SET TRIGGER (INCOMPLETE), AND ORIGINAL HORN-TIPPED RAMROD
32¼IN. (81.9CM.) BARREL
Provenance
E.J. CHURCHILL COLLECTION, ORANGE STREET GUNWORKS, LONDON W.C.2