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A Rare Viennese 54-Bore Breech-Loading Air GunBy Joseph Schembor In Wien, Early 19th Century
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,040 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Rare Viennese 54-Bore Breech-Loading Air Gun
By Joseph Schembor In Wien, Early 19th Century
By Joseph Schembor In Wien, Early 19th Century
With russet octagonal sighted barrel engraved with an arrow at the fore-sight, and indistinctly signed along the top flat at the breech, pivoting up for loading against a spring and retained by a sprung catch in front of the trigger-guard, foliate engraved breech with later brass 'cartridge', border engraved brass action decorated with foliage, shaped border engraved lock and side-plate, the former decorated with a running fox in a landscape, foliage and a starburst, the latter en suite and with a gundog and gamebird in a landscape, cocking-lever engraved with a monster's head and foliage, partly chequered figured fore-stock (minor splits), brass trigger-guard with foliate urn-shaped finial and engraved with a sporting trophy on the bow, detachable tapering cylindrical butt reservoir covered in black leather (some wear), engraved brass ramrod-pipes, and brass-tipped ramrod; together with a modern brass-mounted pump (2)
82 cm. barrel
82 cm. barrel








