Lot Essay
See footnote to lot 24
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BY JOHN LAWRENCE KOLBE (COLEBY) OR JOHANN GOTTFRIED KOLBE, LONDON, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A Rare 64-Bore Flintlock Sporting Rifle
By John Lawrence Kolbe (Coleby) or Johann Gottfried Kolbe, London, second quarter of the 18th Century
With swamped octagonal barrel rifled with eight grooves, with brass sights, and engraved with a band of ornament at the muzzle and breech, brass tang finely engraved with a trophy of arms, rounded lock signed 'Kolbe' and with raised border (cock repaired and probably associated), moulded figured walnut full stock (minor chips and bruises) with take-down fore-end (a working adaptation), raised foliate apron at the barrel tang, raised shaped cheek-piece, patch-box with carved sliding cover, brass mounts finely cast and engraved with foliage and masks, butt-plate with long tang, elaborate trophy of arms side-plate, faceted trigger-guard with first pattern acorn finial, three brass baluster ramrod-pipes, set trigger, brass sling swivels, later horn fore-end cap, and later horn-tipped ramrod
29in. (73.7cm.) barrel
By John Lawrence Kolbe (Coleby) or Johann Gottfried Kolbe, London, second quarter of the 18th Century
With swamped octagonal barrel rifled with eight grooves, with brass sights, and engraved with a band of ornament at the muzzle and breech, brass tang finely engraved with a trophy of arms, rounded lock signed 'Kolbe' and with raised border (cock repaired and probably associated), moulded figured walnut full stock (minor chips and bruises) with take-down fore-end (a working adaptation), raised foliate apron at the barrel tang, raised shaped cheek-piece, patch-box with carved sliding cover, brass mounts finely cast and engraved with foliage and masks, butt-plate with long tang, elaborate trophy of arms side-plate, faceted trigger-guard with first pattern acorn finial, three brass baluster ramrod-pipes, set trigger, brass sling swivels, later horn fore-end cap, and later horn-tipped ramrod
29in. (73.7cm.) barrel
Provenance
Major R.W. Duff, Fetteresso Castle, Stonehaven, house sale, Dowell's of Edinburgh, 4 December 1946, lot 24 (£4.5.0. to Neal)
Literature
W. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1540-1740, pp. 464-5, plates 210a, b
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.