LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE LOCK PROBABLY WIESENTHAL
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A 13-BORE GERMAN TARGET RIFLE WITH A FINE SELF-SPANNING WHEEL-LOCK MECHANISM
LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE LOCK PROBABLY WIESENTHAL
WITH MASSIVE SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL RIFLED WITH SEVEN GROOVES, FRUITWOOD FULL STOCK (ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE LOCK, SOME REPAIRS, LIGHTLY WORMED), WITH ENGRAVED HORN SIDE-NAIL WASHERS (ONE REPLACED), PLAIN BRASS BUTT-PLATE AND TRIGGER-GUARD, LATER HORN RAMROD-PIPES, THE FORE-END WITH TRANSVERSE BAR FOR FITTING ONTO A REST, IRON TRIGGER-PLATE WITH PIERCED CHISELLED FINIAL, SET TRIGGER, AND HORN-TIPPED WOODEN RAMROD, THE LOCK FINELY ENGRAVED (ENGRAVING WORN) WITH AN ELABORATE TROPHY OF ARMS IN THE PARISIAN MANNER, INVOLVING ACANTHUS FOLIAGE, TWO PUTTI BLOWING HORNS, A CLASSICAL HELMET, AND A GROTESQUE MASK, THE COCK PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH A NAKED FIGURE ASTRIDE ONE OF THREE ENTWINED MONSTERS, THE LOCK-PLATE AND COCK EACH STRUCK INSIDE WITH THE MAKER'S SHIELD-SHAPED MARK (INDISTINCT), FITTED WITH INTERNAL WHEEL WITH CONVENTIONAL SPINDLE, AND SELF-SPANNING HORIZONTAL RATCHET MECHANISM (DEFECTIVE) ALTERNATIVELY DISENGAGED BY A FLUSH-FITTING PIVOT CATCH ON THE COCK, THE MAINSPRING BRIDLE ENGRAVED WITH A MONSTER, THE SLIDING MOULDED PAN-COVER WITH FLUSH-FITTING RELEASE (LIGHT PITTING, ONE SIDE-NAIL MISSING)
40IN. (101.6CM.) BARREL
THE LOCK IS SIMILAR TO THAT ON A SPORTING RIFLE BY GEORG BALTZER OF WIESENTHAL OF CIRCA 1680 IN THE FORMER IMPERIAL COLLECTION IN VIENNA (NO. D 168), DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED BY HANS SCHEDELMANN,DIE GROSSEN BCHSENMACHER, P. 171
THE ENGRAVING ON THE LOCK DERIVES FROM THE TITLE PAGE OF THE CLAUDE SIMONIN PATTERN-BOOKS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1684
LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE LOCK PROBABLY WIESENTHAL
WITH MASSIVE SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL RIFLED WITH SEVEN GROOVES, FRUITWOOD FULL STOCK (ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE LOCK, SOME REPAIRS, LIGHTLY WORMED), WITH ENGRAVED HORN SIDE-NAIL WASHERS (ONE REPLACED), PLAIN BRASS BUTT-PLATE AND TRIGGER-GUARD, LATER HORN RAMROD-PIPES, THE FORE-END WITH TRANSVERSE BAR FOR FITTING ONTO A REST, IRON TRIGGER-PLATE WITH PIERCED CHISELLED FINIAL, SET TRIGGER, AND HORN-TIPPED WOODEN RAMROD, THE LOCK FINELY ENGRAVED (ENGRAVING WORN) WITH AN ELABORATE TROPHY OF ARMS IN THE PARISIAN MANNER, INVOLVING ACANTHUS FOLIAGE, TWO PUTTI BLOWING HORNS, A CLASSICAL HELMET, AND A GROTESQUE MASK, THE COCK PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH A NAKED FIGURE ASTRIDE ONE OF THREE ENTWINED MONSTERS, THE LOCK-PLATE AND COCK EACH STRUCK INSIDE WITH THE MAKER'S SHIELD-SHAPED MARK (INDISTINCT), FITTED WITH INTERNAL WHEEL WITH CONVENTIONAL SPINDLE, AND SELF-SPANNING HORIZONTAL RATCHET MECHANISM (DEFECTIVE) ALTERNATIVELY DISENGAGED BY A FLUSH-FITTING PIVOT CATCH ON THE COCK, THE MAINSPRING BRIDLE ENGRAVED WITH A MONSTER, THE SLIDING MOULDED PAN-COVER WITH FLUSH-FITTING RELEASE (LIGHT PITTING, ONE SIDE-NAIL MISSING)
40IN. (101.6CM.) BARREL
THE LOCK IS SIMILAR TO THAT ON A SPORTING RIFLE BY GEORG BALTZER OF WIESENTHAL OF CIRCA 1680 IN THE FORMER IMPERIAL COLLECTION IN VIENNA (NO. D 168), DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED BY HANS SCHEDELMANN,DIE GROSSEN BCHSENMACHER, P. 171
THE ENGRAVING ON THE LOCK DERIVES FROM THE TITLE PAGE OF THE CLAUDE SIMONIN PATTERN-BOOKS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1684