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Lot 278

A German Or Swiss 11-Bore Matchlock Rifle
Early 17th Century

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A German Or Swiss 11-Bore Matchlock Rifle
Early 17th Century

With heavy slightly swamped octagonal multi-groove rifled barrel struck with an unidentified ovoidal barrelsmith's mark on the top flat and with two further ovoidal barrelsmith's marks on the side flats towards the breech, 'JR' each above a small crescent, a cross between, the top flat at the breech with tubular sighted back-sight, plain tang, flat lock with pointed finial fore and aft, detachable rectangular pan on a foliate engraved cartouche-shaped plate secured by the side-nail, flash-guard and swivelling pan-cover secured by a screw, the latter with monster-head lever, semi-circular serpentine with pierced monster-head match-holder and wing-headed screw to set the position of the match, figured full stock (some old repairs and filled old worming) inlaid with white staghorn or bone lines enclosing rounded rectangular panels along each side of the fore-stock engraved with foliage, opposite the lock with an ovoidal panel engraved with a martial trophy and also forming the side-nail washer, the 'fish-tail' butt (old splits on one side) with a panel en suite on each side, the one on the left dated '1610', and the one on the right with initials 'PD', a serpent between, iron trigger-guard, foliate engraved staghorn or bone butt-plate, ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap, and original wooden ramrod with staghorn tip en suite (iron parts with some rust patination)
120 cm. barrel

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