A PAIR OF GERMAN FLINTLOCK PISTOLS with polygroove rifled swamped octagonal sighted barrels inlaid with silver strapwork at the muzzle and breech and inscribed 'In Munchen' in silver letters and with silver-lined mark (Neue Støckel 33), the tangs with folding back-sights and numbered '1' and '2', signed flat bevelled locks of shaped outline, rollers and semi-rainproof pans, carved figured walnut full stocks inlaid with silver wire scrolls, shaped iron mounts, set triggers, horn fore-end caps, and original horn-tipped ramrods (one butt cracked, one action defective, lining of on barrel mark missing), by Anton Bauman of Munich, early 19th Century
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A PAIR OF GERMAN FLINTLOCK PISTOLS with polygroove rifled swamped octagonal sighted barrels inlaid with silver strapwork at the muzzle and breech and inscribed 'In Munchen' in silver letters and with silver-lined mark (Neue Støckel 33), the tangs with folding back-sights and numbered '1' and '2', signed flat bevelled locks of shaped outline, rollers and semi-rainproof pans, carved figured walnut full stocks inlaid with silver wire scrolls, shaped iron mounts, set triggers, horn fore-end caps, and original horn-tipped ramrods (one butt cracked, one action defective, lining of on barrel mark missing), by Anton Bauman of Munich, early 19th Century
16½in. [E.535, S.33,34] (2)
Lot Essay
Anton Bauman, recorded 1798-1812, was appointed court gunmaker to Karl Theodor in 1798