BY J.M. NOVOTNY, LEITNIERITZ, CIRCA 1850
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A 54-BORE BOHEMIAN PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOL
BY J.M. NOVOTNY, LEITNIERITZ, CIRCA 1850
WITH REBROWNED SWAMPED TWIST OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL POLYGROOVE RIFLED AND SIGNED IN GOLD, ENGRAVED PATENT BREECH WITH TWO GOLD LINES, GOLD-INLAID SCROLL ENGRAVED TANG WITH ADJUSTABLE BACK-SIGHT AND NUMBERED '1', SCROLL ENGRAVED LOCK (HAMMER REPAIRED), FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK (SMALL CRACK IN FORE-END), CHEQUERED BUTT, SCROLL ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS INCLUDING SPUR TRIGGER-GUARD, SET TRIGGER, AND SILVER ESCUTCHEON ENGRAVED WITH INITIALS AND CORONET
15¾IN. (40CM.)
MATTHIAS NOVOTNY OF LEITNIERITZ AND VIENNA, COURT GUNMAKER, IS RECORDED BETWEEN 1825 AND 1856, THE YEAR IN WHICH HE SHOT HIMSELF. IN 1857 HIS WIDOW TOOK OVER JOHANN SPRINGER'S BUSINESS
BY J.M. NOVOTNY, LEITNIERITZ, CIRCA 1850
WITH REBROWNED SWAMPED TWIST OCTAGONAL SIGHTED BARREL POLYGROOVE RIFLED AND SIGNED IN GOLD, ENGRAVED PATENT BREECH WITH TWO GOLD LINES, GOLD-INLAID SCROLL ENGRAVED TANG WITH ADJUSTABLE BACK-SIGHT AND NUMBERED '1', SCROLL ENGRAVED LOCK (HAMMER REPAIRED), FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK (SMALL CRACK IN FORE-END), CHEQUERED BUTT, SCROLL ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS INCLUDING SPUR TRIGGER-GUARD, SET TRIGGER, AND SILVER ESCUTCHEON ENGRAVED WITH INITIALS AND CORONET
15¾IN. (40CM.)
MATTHIAS NOVOTNY OF LEITNIERITZ AND VIENNA, COURT GUNMAKER, IS RECORDED BETWEEN 1825 AND 1856, THE YEAR IN WHICH HE SHOT HIMSELF. IN 1857 HIS WIDOW TOOK OVER JOHANN SPRINGER'S BUSINESS