A Light German Wheellock Gun
Slender, sighted round barrel with smooth bore in 15 mm calibre. Cut wheellock with interior wheel and an openwork, engraved brass wheel cover, lockplate engraved with animals. Double set trigger. Fruitwood full stock richly decorated with engraved bone inlays. Patch box. Iron trigger guard with finger rests. Wooden ramrod with bone tip. Probably Saxony, 17th century, length 110 cm. Partly supplemented and reworked. Condition 2-
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Slender, sighted round barrel with smooth bore in 15 mm calibre. Cut wheellock with interior wheel and an openwork, engraved brass wheel cover, lockplate engraved with animals. Double set trigger. Fruitwood full stock richly decorated with engraved bone inlays. Patch box. Iron trigger guard with finger rests. Wooden ramrod with bone tip. Probably Saxony, 17th century, length 110 cm. Partly supplemented and reworked. Condition 2-