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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTRUY
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A DECORATIVE COMBINED MATCHLOCK AND WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING GUN IN GERMAN 16TH CENTURY STYLE
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTRUY
With tapering two stage barrel with fluted breech section, lock with serpentine wheel-retaining bracket, characteristic full stock with fishtail butt, profusely inlaid with white horn panels involving various animals, hunters, monsters and St. George slaying the dragon, trigger-guard missing, horn-tipped ramrod
62 3/4 in. (159.3 cm.) overall
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTRUY
With tapering two stage barrel with fluted breech section, lock with serpentine wheel-retaining bracket, characteristic full stock with fishtail butt, profusely inlaid with white horn panels involving various animals, hunters, monsters and St. George slaying the dragon, trigger-guard missing, horn-tipped ramrod
62 3/4 in. (159.3 cm.) overall
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The estimate for this lot should be £3000-3500 and not as printed in the catalogue.
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