THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF 28-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH TWO-STAGE BARRELS EACH STRUCK WITH SUHL MARKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BREECH, PLAIN ROUNDED LOCKS, ONE WITH STRAIGHT AND THE OTHER WITH ROUNDED TAIL, FULL STOCKS INLAID AT A LATER DATE WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL PELLETS, AND WHITE STAGHORN PELLETS AND SCROLLS INHABITED BY SHAPED PANELS ENGRAVED WITH FRUIT, FOLIAGE, TROPHIES OF ARMS, FIGURES OF MARS, AND OPPOSITE EACH LOCK WITH A TOWNSCAPE, CASTLE AND DRAWBRIDGE, STAGHORN ESCUTCHEONS EACH ENGRAVED WITH A CREST, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMRODS
20½IN. (52CM.) (2)
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
WITH TWO-STAGE BARRELS EACH STRUCK WITH SUHL MARKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BREECH, PLAIN ROUNDED LOCKS, ONE WITH STRAIGHT AND THE OTHER WITH ROUNDED TAIL, FULL STOCKS INLAID AT A LATER DATE WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL PELLETS, AND WHITE STAGHORN PELLETS AND SCROLLS INHABITED BY SHAPED PANELS ENGRAVED WITH FRUIT, FOLIAGE, TROPHIES OF ARMS, FIGURES OF MARS, AND OPPOSITE EACH LOCK WITH A TOWNSCAPE, CASTLE AND DRAWBRIDGE, STAGHORN ESCUTCHEONS EACH ENGRAVED WITH A CREST, AND LATER HORN-TIPPED RAMRODS
20½IN. (52CM.) (2)