CIRCA 1730
Details
A VERY RARE 15-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN WITH UPSIDE-DOWN MECHANISM
CIRCA 1730
WITH SWAMPED BLUED STRAIGHT-GROOVED SIGHTED BARREL WITH LONG SIGHTING RIB, THE BREECH INLAID IN SILVER WITH STRAPWORK, FOLIAGE, A HUNTSMAN, HOUNDS, AND A HARE, GROOVED TANG, CARVED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK, ENGRAVED BRASS MOUNTS, IRON SLING MOUNTS, FACETED BRASS RAMROD-PIPES, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, IN FINE CONDITION THROUGHOUT
42¼IN. (107.3CM.) BARREL
GUNS AND RIFLES OF THIS TYPE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY RESTRICTED TO THE SAXE-WEIMAR ARMOURY
CIRCA 1730
WITH SWAMPED BLUED STRAIGHT-GROOVED SIGHTED BARREL WITH LONG SIGHTING RIB, THE BREECH INLAID IN SILVER WITH STRAPWORK, FOLIAGE, A HUNTSMAN, HOUNDS, AND A HARE, GROOVED TANG, CARVED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK, ENGRAVED BRASS MOUNTS, IRON SLING MOUNTS, FACETED BRASS RAMROD-PIPES, HORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL HORN-TIPPED RAMROD, IN FINE CONDITION THROUGHOUT
42¼IN. (107.3CM.) BARREL
GUNS AND RIFLES OF THIS TYPE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN ALMOST ENTIRELY RESTRICTED TO THE SAXE-WEIMAR ARMOURY
Provenance
THE GRAND-DUKES OF SAXE-WEIMAR, SCHLOß ETTERSBURG
Literature
HOWARD L. BLACKMORE, GUNS AND RIFLES OF THE WORLD, NO. 287