EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL 12-BORE STRASBURG SNAP MATCHLOCK TARGET GUN
EARLY 17TH CENTURY
WITH HEAVY SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL STRUCK WITH STRASBURG MARK IN FRONT OF THE SIGHTING GROOVE AND WITH TWO BRASS-LINED SHIELD-SHAPED MARKS, 'LH' ABOVE A CROWN AND A STAR, FLAT LOCK COCKED BY A SLOTTED STUD, SWIVELLING PAN-COVER, DUMMY WHEEL-COVER OF BRASS PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH PUTTI, AND SLENDER MATCH-HOLDER WITH ANNULAR HEAD, FIGURED FULL STOCK INLAID WITH STAGHORN LINES AND PANELS ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE, FLOWERHEADS, STRAPWORK, MONSTER-HEADS, ANIMALS, AND A SPORTSMAN, CHEEK-PIECE INLAID WITH A LION, INDENTED IRON TRIGGER-GUARD ENGRAVED 'NO. 2', SET TRIGGER, STAGHORN BUTT-PLATE ENGRAVED WITH TURNIPS, CROSSED SPADES AND THE INITIALS 'IH', PIERCED STAGHORN RAMROD-PIPE ENGRAVED WITH A SEA-MONSTER, ENGRAVED STAGHORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORGINAL RAMROD WITH ENGRAVED STAGHORN TIP, MOUNTED ON A LATER STAND
48¼IN. (122.5CM.) BARREL
EARLY 17TH CENTURY
WITH HEAVY SWAMPED OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL STRUCK WITH STRASBURG MARK IN FRONT OF THE SIGHTING GROOVE AND WITH TWO BRASS-LINED SHIELD-SHAPED MARKS, 'LH' ABOVE A CROWN AND A STAR, FLAT LOCK COCKED BY A SLOTTED STUD, SWIVELLING PAN-COVER, DUMMY WHEEL-COVER OF BRASS PIERCED AND ENGRAVED WITH PUTTI, AND SLENDER MATCH-HOLDER WITH ANNULAR HEAD, FIGURED FULL STOCK INLAID WITH STAGHORN LINES AND PANELS ENGRAVED WITH FOLIAGE, FLOWERHEADS, STRAPWORK, MONSTER-HEADS, ANIMALS, AND A SPORTSMAN, CHEEK-PIECE INLAID WITH A LION, INDENTED IRON TRIGGER-GUARD ENGRAVED 'NO. 2', SET TRIGGER, STAGHORN BUTT-PLATE ENGRAVED WITH TURNIPS, CROSSED SPADES AND THE INITIALS 'IH', PIERCED STAGHORN RAMROD-PIPE ENGRAVED WITH A SEA-MONSTER, ENGRAVED STAGHORN FORE-END CAP, AND ORGINAL RAMROD WITH ENGRAVED STAGHORN TIP, MOUNTED ON A LATER STAND
48¼IN. (122.5CM.) BARREL