MOSTLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A COMPOSITE 8-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK MUSKET
MOSTLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY
WITH SIGHTED SWAMPED TWO-STAGE MATCHLOCK BARREL, THE OCTAGONAL BREECH SECTION FITTED WITH LATER TUBULAR BACK-SIGHT, PLAIN TANG, FLAT LOCK WITH ENGRAVED EXPOSED WHEEL RETAINED BY A SLENDER RING BRACKET, PIVOT SAFETY-CATCH WITH SPRING AND SEAR-BRACKET EACH WITH FINIALS CHISELLED AND PUNCHED AS A STYLISED BIRD, THE COCK-SPRING EN SUITE, ENGRAVED MOULDED COCK, SLIDING PAN-COVER, FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK INLAID WITH HORN DOUBLE LINES (FORE-STOCK PARTLY REPLACED) ENCLOSING A SPRAY OF ENGRAVED HORN BALL-FLOWERS OPPOSITE THE LOCK, SHAPED HORN PLAQUES OPPOSITE THE LOCK AND AT THE BARREL TANG (ONE REPLACED), MOSTLY ENGRAVED WITH MONSTERS, FISHTAIL BUTT WITH APPLIED BRASS STRIP ON THE COMB, AND BRASS BUTT-PLATE, LATER SPANISH TRIGGER-GUARD, AND LATER RAMROD
49IN. (124.5CM.) BARREL
MOSTLY EARLY 17TH CENTURY
WITH SIGHTED SWAMPED TWO-STAGE MATCHLOCK BARREL, THE OCTAGONAL BREECH SECTION FITTED WITH LATER TUBULAR BACK-SIGHT, PLAIN TANG, FLAT LOCK WITH ENGRAVED EXPOSED WHEEL RETAINED BY A SLENDER RING BRACKET, PIVOT SAFETY-CATCH WITH SPRING AND SEAR-BRACKET EACH WITH FINIALS CHISELLED AND PUNCHED AS A STYLISED BIRD, THE COCK-SPRING EN SUITE, ENGRAVED MOULDED COCK, SLIDING PAN-COVER, FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK INLAID WITH HORN DOUBLE LINES (FORE-STOCK PARTLY REPLACED) ENCLOSING A SPRAY OF ENGRAVED HORN BALL-FLOWERS OPPOSITE THE LOCK, SHAPED HORN PLAQUES OPPOSITE THE LOCK AND AT THE BARREL TANG (ONE REPLACED), MOSTLY ENGRAVED WITH MONSTERS, FISHTAIL BUTT WITH APPLIED BRASS STRIP ON THE COMB, AND BRASS BUTT-PLATE, LATER SPANISH TRIGGER-GUARD, AND LATER RAMROD
49IN. (124.5CM.) BARREL