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The Antique Arms Collection of a Californian Gentleman

Friday 14 February 2025 • Sarzana

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An important sporting wheel-lock gun from noble property, Late 16th Century

Estimate

€ 7.500 - 11.500

Sold

€ 18.125

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Germania
length 166 cm.
Heavy, long, smoothbore, 17 mm cal barrel of octagonal shape, the base with rear sight and mark ‘A’ within a circle; foresight. Long flat and slightly angled tang. Large, external wheel lock, the wheel cover pierced and engraved, flat plate marked ‘ID / B’ and with floral engravings; the spring and hammer slightly carved, snap pan cover (one of the two screws is missing). Wooden full stock richly decorated with engraved bone plates and inlays and partially painted in green, the tang sides with two male faces, on both sides of the buttplate a bird and a dragon among floral motifs, near the buttplate a large noble count's coat of arms among dragon heads and floral motifs; few restoration plates, small missing parts. Iron butt plate and trigger guard. Bone-tipped, wooden ramrod. This lot is imported from a non-EU country and incurs additional taxes beyond the auction house commission and the V.A.T. Consequently, the total Buyer’s Premium, inclusive of all taxes, amounts to 35%.