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Thursday 12 December 2024 e Friday 13 December 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A fine wheel-lock rifle by the "Meister der Tierkopfranke" (Master of the Animal-Head Scroll)

Estimate

€ 5.500 - 7.500

Sold

€ 9.375

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 104.5 cm.
Octagonal, rifled, 14 mm cal. barrel signed at the base "B. DAISENBERGE IN MINCHEN", on the sides two marks, the ends with frames, silver foresight. Semi-internal rolling battery, smooth cover and with remains of silver decorations like the lock plate, carved spring and cock, spark arrester and sliding pan cover, lined vent. Wooden full stock, richly carved in relief with animals among spirals at the back part, the left side with lion, griffin, hound, deer and hare; the part under the barrel with grooves; patchbox; iron trigger guard in anatomical shape with small shell at the tang. Trigger and set trigger (working mechanism). Brass butt-plate, marked with number "18". Small restorations and missing parts. Wooden ramrod with restorations. Rare.