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CIRCA 1740
Details
A German Detached Wheel-Lock Mechanism From A Rifle
Circa 1740
With slightly convex plate of flintlock form engraved with a stag-hunting scene in a landscape, internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, and engraved bridles, that of the cock engraved with the figure of Diana
10½in. (26.7cm.)
Circa 1740
With slightly convex plate of flintlock form engraved with a stag-hunting scene in a landscape, internal wheel, sliding pan-cover, and engraved bridles, that of the cock engraved with the figure of Diana
10½in. (26.7cm.)
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Literature
H.L. Blackmore, Firearms, p. 50
Idem, Guns and Rifles of the World, plate 133
Idem, Hunting Weapons, p. 309, plate 124
Idem, Guns and Rifles of the World, plate 133
Idem, Hunting Weapons, p. 309, plate 124
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