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Lot Essay
A handwritten note which accompanies this lot reads: 'This rifle is dead accurate at 50 yards using one dram of powder (no. 4. grain) & a ball wrapped in two of the linen patches. W. Keith Neal 17/3/1956'
Georg Keiser was probably one of the most distinguished of the Vienna court gunmakers. Born in 1647 he was still working 93 years later as a gunmaker. In later life he took to recording his age on the firearms he made - a pistol sold at Christie's King Street on 20 September 1989, lot 174, is signed 'Georg Keiser In Wienn Alt 90 Jahr'
Georg Keiser was probably one of the most distinguished of the Vienna court gunmakers. Born in 1647 he was still working 93 years later as a gunmaker. In later life he took to recording his age on the firearms he made - a pistol sold at Christie's King Street on 20 September 1989, lot 174, is signed 'Georg Keiser In Wienn Alt 90 Jahr'