SUHL, DATED 1592

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A Rare 10-Bore German Matchlock Wall-Piece (Luntenhaken)
Suhl, dated 1592
With heavy swamped two-stage sighted barrel with notched hook passing through the fore-stock, dated in front of the back-sight, struck thrice on the breech with maker's mark 'SK' in a shield, and with two bands of punched decoration at the rear, flat lock struck with maker's mark 'WH' above a cockerel within a shield (Neue Støckel 7628), flat match-holder engraved with a monster-head, engraved pan-cover with release-button, blackened faceted full stock (repaired, old worm holes), and curved flattened lever trigger
50in. (127cm.) barrel

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Firearms of this archaic type are very rare outside Continental arsenals and civic museums. The maker's mark 'WH' is found with a Suhl mark on a wheel-lock Hakenbüchse in the Tøjhusmuseet, Copenhagen. See Der Neue Støckel, p. 569

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