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Lot 348
An Austrian Or German 11-Bore Matchlock Military MusketMid-17th Century
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge£3,000 - £3,500
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Find your local specialistAn Austrian Or German 11-Bore Matchlock Military Musket
Mid-17th Century
Mid-17th Century
With two-stage sighted barrel, long octagonal breech carrying the back-sight, plain tang, pan with flash-shield and hand-operated swivelling cover, long rectangular lock with match-holder as a stylised monster's head and wing-screw for setting the position of the match, lightly figured beechwood full stock with narrow paddle-shaped butt indented for the thumb, plain iron mounts comprising thin butt-plate held by tacks, large trigger-guard, fore-end strap also forming a ramrod-pipe, and iron-tipped wooden ramrod
97.5 cm. barrel
97.5 cm. barrel
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Provenance:
The Barons von Gudenus, Schloss Frondsberg, Styria








