BY JOHANN DÖRFLER, ELBOGEN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A 28-BORE BOHEMIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE
BY JOHANN DöRFLER, ELBOGEN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
WITH REBLUED SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH EIGHT GROOVES AND WITH STAMPED SIGNATURE ON THE UNDERSIDE, FOLDING BACK-SIGHT WITH REBLUED PIERCED FINIAL, AND LATER FALSE BREECH, FLAT BEVELLED LOCK STEPPED FORE AND AFT AND WITH INTERNAL WHEEL, THE PLATE ENGRAVED WITH A STAG HUNT IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE AGAINST A PUNCHED GROUND, THE COCK ENGRAVED WITH A MARINE MONSTER, AND THE BRIDLE TO THE COCK-SPRING WITH AN EXPANDING FLOWER, MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK (OLD REPAIRS) WITH FLUTED FORE-END, THE BUTT INLAID WITH OVAL MEDALLIONS OF STAINED WOOD WITHIN A STAGHORN LINE AND IN TURN INLAID WITH SCENES OF THE CHASE IN PIERCED AND ENGRAVED SILVER SHEET, FLUTED PATCH-BOX COVER INLAID WITH BURR-WOOD AND BANDS OF LIGHT AND DARK HORN, LIGHT AND DARK HORN SIDE-NAIL WASHERS AND FORE-END CAP, THE REAR RAMROD-PIPE EN SUITE (FORWARD RAMROD-PIPE A CONTEMPORARY IRON REPLACEMENT), INDENTED FLAT IRON TRIGGER-GUARD, SET TRIGGER, DARK HORN BUTT-PLATE (PARTLY REPLACED) WITH IRON BUTTON, AND ASSOCIATED HORN-TIPPED RAMROD
32¾IN. (83.2CM.) BARREL
BY JOHANN DöRFLER, ELBOGEN, LATE 17TH CENTURY
WITH REBLUED SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL CUT WITH EIGHT GROOVES AND WITH STAMPED SIGNATURE ON THE UNDERSIDE, FOLDING BACK-SIGHT WITH REBLUED PIERCED FINIAL, AND LATER FALSE BREECH, FLAT BEVELLED LOCK STEPPED FORE AND AFT AND WITH INTERNAL WHEEL, THE PLATE ENGRAVED WITH A STAG HUNT IN A WOODED LANDSCAPE AGAINST A PUNCHED GROUND, THE COCK ENGRAVED WITH A MARINE MONSTER, AND THE BRIDLE TO THE COCK-SPRING WITH AN EXPANDING FLOWER, MOULDED WALNUT FULL STOCK (OLD REPAIRS) WITH FLUTED FORE-END, THE BUTT INLAID WITH OVAL MEDALLIONS OF STAINED WOOD WITHIN A STAGHORN LINE AND IN TURN INLAID WITH SCENES OF THE CHASE IN PIERCED AND ENGRAVED SILVER SHEET, FLUTED PATCH-BOX COVER INLAID WITH BURR-WOOD AND BANDS OF LIGHT AND DARK HORN, LIGHT AND DARK HORN SIDE-NAIL WASHERS AND FORE-END CAP, THE REAR RAMROD-PIPE EN SUITE (FORWARD RAMROD-PIPE A CONTEMPORARY IRON REPLACEMENT), INDENTED FLAT IRON TRIGGER-GUARD, SET TRIGGER, DARK HORN BUTT-PLATE (PARTLY REPLACED) WITH IRON BUTTON, AND ASSOCIATED HORN-TIPPED RAMROD
32¾IN. (83.2CM.) BARREL
Provenance
W. KEITH NEAL, CHRISTIE'S, 8 NOVEMBER 1995, LOT 66