LATE 17TH CENTURY
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A 40-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING GUN
LATE 17TH CENTURY
WITH ASSOCIATED OCTAGONAL BARREL, FLAT LOCK ENGRAVED WITH A FLOWER AND FOLIAGE AND WITH SLIDING PAN-COVER, PIERCED RAISED WHEEL-COVER ENGRAVED WITH A WREATH, AND PIERCED AND ENGRAVED COCK, FRUITWOOD FULL STOCK WITH WAVED FLUTED FORE-END, CHEEK-PIECE INLAID WITH A WHITE STAGHORN PLAQUE PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH A LION AND A BOAR IN COMBAT, ENGRAVED WHITE STAGHORN SIDE-NAIL WASHERS, FORWARD RAMROD-PIPE AND FORE-END CAP, IRON TRIGGER-GUARD, WOODEN PATCH-BOX COVER (HORN BASE-PLATE MISSING), HORN BUTT-PLATE WITH IRON BUTTON, AND LATER RAMROD (SET TRIGGER MECHANISM REMOVED)
27¾IN. (70.5CM.) BARREL
LATE 17TH CENTURY
WITH ASSOCIATED OCTAGONAL BARREL, FLAT LOCK ENGRAVED WITH A FLOWER AND FOLIAGE AND WITH SLIDING PAN-COVER, PIERCED RAISED WHEEL-COVER ENGRAVED WITH A WREATH, AND PIERCED AND ENGRAVED COCK, FRUITWOOD FULL STOCK WITH WAVED FLUTED FORE-END, CHEEK-PIECE INLAID WITH A WHITE STAGHORN PLAQUE PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH A LION AND A BOAR IN COMBAT, ENGRAVED WHITE STAGHORN SIDE-NAIL WASHERS, FORWARD RAMROD-PIPE AND FORE-END CAP, IRON TRIGGER-GUARD, WOODEN PATCH-BOX COVER (HORN BASE-PLATE MISSING), HORN BUTT-PLATE WITH IRON BUTTON, AND LATER RAMROD (SET TRIGGER MECHANISM REMOVED)
27¾IN. (70.5CM.) BARREL