Lot Essay
The barrel is an exceptional example of the type captured at the relief of the siege of Vienna in 1683
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A 7-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK BALL GUN
CIRCA 1700
Fitted with a fine massive Turkish barrel in five stages with swamped muzzle inlaid on the flat with silver dots, polygonal over most of its length and inlaid with silver loops, lines and circles (originally set with stones), and cut with silver-filled panels decorated with arabesques in relief and with smaller panels formerly lined with gold, silver fore-sight and open iron back-sight, plain tang, rounded lock engraved with scrolling foliage terminating in monster-heads and inhabited by a winged cherub aiming a blow-pipe at a seated monkey, moulded figured walnut three-quarter stock, iron mounts, butt-plate with long tang, octagonal ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and original iron-mounted ramrod
42¾in. barrel
CIRCA 1700
Fitted with a fine massive Turkish barrel in five stages with swamped muzzle inlaid on the flat with silver dots, polygonal over most of its length and inlaid with silver loops, lines and circles (originally set with stones), and cut with silver-filled panels decorated with arabesques in relief and with smaller panels formerly lined with gold, silver fore-sight and open iron back-sight, plain tang, rounded lock engraved with scrolling foliage terminating in monster-heads and inhabited by a winged cherub aiming a blow-pipe at a seated monkey, moulded figured walnut three-quarter stock, iron mounts, butt-plate with long tang, octagonal ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and original iron-mounted ramrod
42¾in. barrel