ANOTHER, the barrel rifled with seven grooves (back-sight missing), the enclosed border engraved lock engraved with a laurel wreath enclosing the maker's signature and with foliage on the bridle to the cock-spring and the side of the pan, the cock (finial missing) with a stylised monster-head, the stock finely carved with flowers and foliage in relief and with the standing figure of Cupid below the lock, horn fore-end cap and side-nail washers, and associated horn-tipped ramrod (set trigger broken), by Johannes Will, circa 1700

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ANOTHER, the barrel rifled with seven grooves (back-sight missing), the enclosed border engraved lock engraved with a laurel wreath enclosing the maker's signature and with foliage on the bridle to the cock-spring and the side of the pan, the cock (finial missing) with a stylised monster-head, the stock finely carved with flowers and foliage in relief and with the standing figure of Cupid below the lock, horn fore-end cap and side-nail washers, and associated horn-tipped ramrod (set trigger broken), by Johannes Will, circa 1700
32½in. barrel [E.229, S.31]

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Støckel records Johann(es) Will in Hanau, circa 1685, and in Frankfurt and Strasburg in circa 1700

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