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A Pair Of German 32-Bore Wheel-Lock Holster PistolsBy Wolff Hoch, Arnstadt, Circa 1640-50
23 September 2020, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,062.50 inc. premium
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A Pair Of German 32-Bore Wheel-Lock Holster Pistols
By Wolff Hoch, Arnstadt, Circa 1640-50
By Wolff Hoch, Arnstadt, Circa 1640-50
With long sighted barrels each signed along the top flat at the breech, one engraved 'H.F.Z.N.C.U.O.H.Z.B.' beyond, slender tangs, rounded locks each retained by three side-nails and with pointed tail, slightly domed external wheels retained by hooks, sprung sliding pan-covers each with release button, and cock-bridles retained from within, fruitwood full stocks (some old cracks, repairs and minor worm holes) each with fluted fore-end and carved with foliage in bas-relief against a punched ground around the barrel tang and on the flat opposite the lock (one flat slightly incomplete), and flattened flared butts each with replacement spurred brass pommel-cap, iron trigger-guards chased with foliage against punched grounds, pierced brass ramrod-pipes and fore-end caps (replaced on one pistol), baluster triggers, and original wooden ramrod with iron powder-measure (tip missing, the other ramrod a later replacement, some minor old pitting) (2)
43 cm. barrels
43 cm. barrels








