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Rare and Fine Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria

Friday 16 December 2022, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A rare wheel-lock carbine

Estimate

€ 2.500 - 3.500

Sold

€ 4.500

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

dating: 1650-1656 circa provenance: Germany, Smoothbore, two-stage, 15 mm cal. barrel, first octagonal with two deep marks on the left side, provided with a rear sight, then round and with foresight; typical external wheel lock, lock plate with tang and pan with sliding pan cover. Walnut full stock with grooves under the barrel and decorations on the back of the butt and behind the tang, on the counterplate side a round mark with the letters 'ZM', also on this side bar with saddle ring. Iron mounts. Original iron-tipped wooden ramrod. Provenance: Sotheby's sale 5th-15th October 2005 'The Royal House of Hanover - Das Königshaus von Hannover'. Lot 729.The weapon comes from Cumberland Castle, Gmunden, 1890, inventory number G 443 ( the number on the brass plate is still on the bar of the gun). length 98 cm.

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