Lot Essay
Hans Winckler is recorded circa 1680-1710.
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BY HANS WINCKHLER, MUNICH, LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A Pair Of 34-Bore German Rifled Flintlock Holster Pistols
By Hans Winckhler, Munich, late 17th Century
With sighted two-staged barrels with turned muzzles and girdles, octagonal then polygonal breeches each signed and struck with brass-lined maker's mark (Neue Stckel 1157) on the top flat flanked by two further marks (similar to Neue Stckel 5499), tangs incorporating the back-sights, rounded locks each engraved with foliage, and with a grotesque mask in low relief on the tail (one action defective), moulded figured walnut full stocks (each a working replacement, minor chips and cracks, each repaired below the lock), iron mounts including pierced foliate side-plates involving monster-heads, and spurred pommels, pierced escutcheons en suite with the side-plates, set triggers (one adjustment screw incomplete), horn fore-end caps (one cracked), and horn-tipped ramrods
20in. (52.7cm.) (2)
By Hans Winckhler, Munich, late 17th Century
With sighted two-staged barrels with turned muzzles and girdles, octagonal then polygonal breeches each signed and struck with brass-lined maker's mark (Neue Stckel 1157) on the top flat flanked by two further marks (similar to Neue Stckel 5499), tangs incorporating the back-sights, rounded locks each engraved with foliage, and with a grotesque mask in low relief on the tail (one action defective), moulded figured walnut full stocks (each a working replacement, minor chips and cracks, each repaired below the lock), iron mounts including pierced foliate side-plates involving monster-heads, and spurred pommels, pierced escutcheons en suite with the side-plates, set triggers (one adjustment screw incomplete), horn fore-end caps (one cracked), and horn-tipped ramrods
20in. (52.7cm.) (2)