Lot Essay
Leopold Becher (recorded circa 1725-50) was the most distinguished of the Carlsbad gunmakers, and worked in co-operation with the chiseller Franz Matzenkopf
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BY LEOPOLD BECHER OF CARLSBAD, CIRCA 1730
Details
A BOHEMIAN DETACHED FLINTLOCK MECHANISM FROM A SPORTING GUN OR RIFLE
By Leopold Becher of Carlsbad, circa 1730
Chiselled with shells in relief against a punched ground (top jaw and screw replaced)
5 7/8in.
By Leopold Becher of Carlsbad, circa 1730
Chiselled with shells in relief against a punched ground (top jaw and screw replaced)
5 7/8in.
Provenance
R.A. Lee, London, 1971