DATED 1584
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A FINE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE
DATED 1584
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL BARREL RIFLED WITH EIGHT GROOVES AND WITH BRASS FORE-SIGHT AND BACK-SIGHT, THE BREECH STRUCK FOUR TIMES WITH AN 'H' MARK, FLAT LOCK WITH DOMED FACETED WHEEL-COVER, AND SLIDING PAN-COVER WITH SLOTTED RELEASE STUD, FULL STOCK PROFUSELY INLAID WITH SHAPED STAGHORN PANELS FINELY ENGRAVED WITH ALLEGORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES, SCENES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, NAKED RECLINING FEMALE FIGURES, MASKS, STRAPWORK AND FOLIAGE, ALL BETWEEN ENGRAVED STAGHORN BORDERS, THE PATCH-BOX COVER WITH THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, IRON TRIGGER-GUARD (ASSOCIATED ?), AND SET TRIGGER (RAMROD MISSING, SOME INLAY REPLACED)
33.1/8IN. (84.2CM.) BARREL
DATED 1584
WITH SWAMPED OCTAGONAL BARREL RIFLED WITH EIGHT GROOVES AND WITH BRASS FORE-SIGHT AND BACK-SIGHT, THE BREECH STRUCK FOUR TIMES WITH AN 'H' MARK, FLAT LOCK WITH DOMED FACETED WHEEL-COVER, AND SLIDING PAN-COVER WITH SLOTTED RELEASE STUD, FULL STOCK PROFUSELY INLAID WITH SHAPED STAGHORN PANELS FINELY ENGRAVED WITH ALLEGORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES, SCENES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, NAKED RECLINING FEMALE FIGURES, MASKS, STRAPWORK AND FOLIAGE, ALL BETWEEN ENGRAVED STAGHORN BORDERS, THE PATCH-BOX COVER WITH THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST, IRON TRIGGER-GUARD (ASSOCIATED ?), AND SET TRIGGER (RAMROD MISSING, SOME INLAY REPLACED)
33.1/8IN. (84.2CM.) BARREL