LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Rare Continental D.B. Flintlock Turn-Over Fowling-Piece
Late 17th Century
With long three-stage sighted barrels, foliate engraved tang, rounded back-action lock engraved with hounds pursuing a stag in a landscape, walnut full stock, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard and pierced side-plate (replaced), the former incorporating the barrel-release, turned ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped ramrod
47¾in. (121.3cm.) barrels
Late 17th Century
With long three-stage sighted barrels, foliate engraved tang, rounded back-action lock engraved with hounds pursuing a stag in a landscape, walnut full stock, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard and pierced side-plate (replaced), the former incorporating the barrel-release, turned ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped ramrod
47¾in. (121.3cm.) barrels
Literature
Antiek Werld, 7 July 1978, p. 34