Lot Essay
Christoph Freund and other members of the family were court gunmakers to the Counts zu Erbach-Erbach
Details
The six following lots were part of the Gewehrkammer of the Counts zu Erbach-Erbach at Schloß Erbach. Each is fitted with a late 17th century Turkish barrel, probably captured at the relief of the siege of Vienna in 1683
A 15-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY CHRISTOPH FREUND A FÜRSTENAU, CIRCA 1760
With four-stage twist sighted barrel inlaid with silver bands and arabesques and with brass-lined maker's stamp, brass-lined touch-hole, signed rounded lock chiselled with a shell on the tail, figured walnut half-stock carved with scrollwork in relief, reeded iron mounts, cheek-piece, turned iron ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, iron sling mounts, and original iron-capped ramrod, the butt with copper armoury tag numbered 291
40¼in. barrel
A 15-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY CHRISTOPH FREUND A FÜRSTENAU, CIRCA 1760
With four-stage twist sighted barrel inlaid with silver bands and arabesques and with brass-lined maker's stamp, brass-lined touch-hole, signed rounded lock chiselled with a shell on the tail, figured walnut half-stock carved with scrollwork in relief, reeded iron mounts, cheek-piece, turned iron ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, iron sling mounts, and original iron-capped ramrod, the butt with copper armoury tag numbered 291
40¼in. barrel