Antique Rifle Prunkbüchse Johan Haetischweiler
Johann Haetischweiler, Karlsbad, Flintlock show rifle / hunting carbine. Around 1760. Walnut, steel, brass, fire gilding. Octagonal barrel, sights with folding rear sight. Walnut stock with flat-carved Rocailles decor, wooden ramrod with dopper. Barrel with engraved and gold-plated fittings. Flintlock with engraved hunting decor. Gilded lock counter plate with relief decoration deer and pack of dogs. Gilded thumb plate with an antique head on a mascaron console, crowned by Diana, the goddess of the hunt, with dogs. Barrel and side cap with richly designed relief decoration: cap with a standing figure with a tricorn and lance under a tree, side cap with a deer hunting motif with rider, deer and dogs in a landscape. L. 102 cm. Inscribed on the flintlock: JOH. HAETISCHWEILER (engraved).
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Johann Haetischweiler, Karlsbad, Flintlock show rifle / hunting carbine. Around 1760. Walnut, steel, brass, fire gilding. Octagonal barrel, sights with folding rear sight. Walnut stock with flat-carved Rocailles decor, wooden ramrod with dopper. Barrel with engraved and gold-plated fittings. Flintlock with engraved hunting decor. Gilded lock counter plate with relief decoration deer and pack of dogs. Gilded thumb plate with an antique head on a mascaron console, crowned by Diana, the goddess of the hunt, with dogs. Barrel and side cap with richly designed relief decoration: cap with a standing figure with a tricorn and lance under a tree, side cap with a deer hunting motif with rider, deer and dogs in a landscape. L. 102 cm. Inscribed on the flintlock: JOH. HAETISCHWEILER (engraved).
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