BY EMANUEL DIEMAR, LONDON, CIRCA 1775

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A HIGHLY UNUSUAL MADRID-LOCK MECHANISM FOR A DUCK GUN
By Emanuel Diemar, London, circa 1775
With bevelled plate signed 'Diemar London' in capital letters on the bottom edge and with stepped tail, the internal springs retaining some original blued finish
7in. (17.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

Emanuel Matthias Diemar (1720-1795), artist, wax modeller and gunmaker, the son of a Berlin gunstock maker, is the maker of a very fine pair of holster pistols in the Louis XV style in Windsor Castle (inv. nos. 437/8), as well as air guns with both London and Berlin signatures

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