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A Rare German Combined Hunting Sword And 80-Bore Flintlock PistolSigned E. M. Wetschgi, Augspurg (sic), Circa 1725
29 April 2010, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,800 inc. premium
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Signed E. M. Wetschgi, Augspurg (sic), Circa 1725
Signed E. M. Wetschgi, Augspurg (sic), Circa 1725
With tapering blade double-edged towards the point, the forte etched on each side with panels of symmetrical foliage against wrigglework and plain grounds, the pistol with two-stage barrel turned at the muzzle and in front of the octagonal breech, the steel (refaced) with external spring with foliate finial and retained by a screw, silver hilt with signed scallop-shaped shell-guard cast and engraved with foliage and set with two silver stars and a silver pellet, knuckle-guard with central moulding, and white-metal grip with rounded grip-scales each veneered in tortoiseshell and set with three silver stars on one side
57.7 cm. blade
57.7 cm. blade
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Provenance:
Sotheby's London, The Visser Collection, Fine, Rare and Important Arms, Part 1, 3 July 1990, lot 91
Emanuel Wetschgi is recorded as working in Augsburg between 1714-28








