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€ 800 - 1.200
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€ 3.250
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Smoothbore, round barrels of twisted shape, 16 mm cal at the nozzle. The central rib with silver front sight, signed "J.M. NOWOTNY" in gold and with floral carvings at the base. The breech-plates of the barrels with frames and gilded band. Lock with one-block mechanism, with beautiful iron receiver finely engraved with racemes and flowers, and with a back cartouche marked "LEITMERITZ". The hammers engraved with racemes. Working mechanism. Half wooden stock (restorations, two fixed fractures) with cheekpiece and white metal shield. Iron mounts engraved en suite with the frame. Brass-tipped, wooden ramrod. For the Nowotny (Novotny) from Leitmeritz in Bohemia see "Der Neue Stoeckel", vol 2 page 880.