A PAIR OF GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLES WITH MINOR DIFFERENCES, THE DATED BARRELS EACH RIFLED WITH EIGHT GROOVES, GROOVED BEHIND THE BACK-SIGHT (ONE MISSING), AND STRUCK TWICE WITH MAKER'S STAMP GF, A BIRD BENEATH (SIMILAR TO NEUE STøCKEL 1848), AND WITH THE GOTHA MARK (NEUE STøCKEL 1447), THE LOCKS WITH BRASS WHEEL-COVERS PUNCHED WITH SCROLLING FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE ON A DOTTED GROUND (ONE PAN-COVER RELEASE BUTTON BROKEN, ONE PAN FLASH-GUARD REPAIRED), FRUITWOOD FULL STOCKS (BUTTS LIGHTLY WORMED) INLAID WITH HORN LINES, CARVED WITH SCROLLWORK PICKED OUT WITH IRON NAILS, AND INLAID WITH STAGHORN PLAQUES (ONE REPLACED) ENGRAVED WITH MARINE MONSTERS, SCROLLS, AND FEMALE TERMS, SOME BLOWING HORNS, EACH CHEEK-PIECE WITH A HORSE, BEHIND EACH BARREL TANG A SMALL PLAQUE ENGRAVED WITH STOCKMAKER'S INITIALS BB, SET TRIGGERS, PIERCED IRON TRIGGER-GUARDS, PATCH-BOX COVERS EACH ENGRAVED WITH VENUS AND CUPID WITHIN THE INSCRIPTION 'MIGD ECH ZAEMEN', AND ORIGINAL HORN-TIPPED WOODEN RAMRODS, DATED 1683