ANOTHER, OF FINER QUALITY, THE BARREL WITH BRASS SADDLE BACK-SIGHT, WALNUT HALF-STOCK CARVED WITH FOLIAGE, AND FULL BRASS MOUNTS CAST AND CHASED WITH FOLIAGE IN LOW RELIEF, INCLUDING SPURRED TRIGGER-GUARD (REAR FINIAL MISSING) WITH GROTESQUE MASKS, SIDE-PLATE WITH WINGED GROTESQUE MONSTER, AND BUTT-PLATE AND PIERCED ESCUTCHEON (INCOMPLETE) EACH WITH A PORTRAIT BUST AND A MASK (RAMROD MISSING), WITH A SOCKET BAYONET, THE BLADE ETCHED WITH THE FULL ARMS OF SALM ON ONE SIDE, AND THE TITLES OF ALTGRAF AUGUST EUGEN BERNARDIN ON THE OTHER, UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1720
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ANOTHER, OF FINER QUALITY, THE BARREL WITH BRASS SADDLE BACK-SIGHT, WALNUT HALF-STOCK CARVED WITH FOLIAGE, AND FULL BRASS MOUNTS CAST AND CHASED WITH FOLIAGE IN LOW RELIEF, INCLUDING SPURRED TRIGGER-GUARD (REAR FINIAL MISSING) WITH GROTESQUE MASKS, SIDE-PLATE WITH WINGED GROTESQUE MONSTER, AND BUTT-PLATE AND PIERCED ESCUTCHEON (INCOMPLETE) EACH WITH A PORTRAIT BUST AND A MASK (RAMROD MISSING), WITH A SOCKET BAYONET, THE BLADE ETCHED WITH THE FULL ARMS OF SALM ON ONE SIDE, AND THE TITLES OF ALTGRAF AUGUST EUGEN BERNARDIN ON THE OTHER, UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1720
42¾IN. BARREL [E.363,571, S.31] (2)
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ALTGRAF AUGUST EUGEN BERNARDIN (1706-1767) SUCCEEDED IN 1721