Lot 122
122
ANOTHER, similar, the barrel cut for an oval belted ball (back-sight missing), enclosed flat lock engraved with scrolling foliage, the cock inscribed with the legend 'Effectivus Docebit' and two hands striking sparks with a fire-steel, and stained fruitwood stock (chipped), early 18th Century

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ANOTHER, similar, the barrel cut for an oval belted ball (back-sight missing), enclosed flat lock engraved with scrolling foliage, the cock inscribed with the legend 'Effectivus Docebit' and two hands striking sparks with a fire-steel, and stained fruitwood stock (chipped), early 18th Century
34in. barrel [E.219, S.9]
Literature
A. Hoff,'Die Waffensammlung in Schloß Dyck', p.132

Lot Essay

The rifling of the barrel is of a highly unusual type, normally not found before the middle of the 19th Century

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