A 28-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY
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A 28-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY CHRISTIAN HAMAN, ONOLLZBACH (ANSBACH), DATED 1710
with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed "Iohann Martin Stein" together with the date "1710", engraved bevelled lock decorated with the figure of Diana, signed "Christian Haman" beneath the pan and inscribed "Onollzbach" behind the cock, carved moulded figured walnut full stock, the butt with raised cheek-piece and patch-box fitted with sliding cover veneered in carved rootwood, full iron mounts chiselled in low relief, including side-plate pierced with scrolling foliage and involving a half-figure and a monster's head, trigger-guard with acanthus finials, a pair of faceted moulded ramrod-pipes engraved with leaf patterns, escutcheon pierced with scrollwork supported by a pair of grotesque half-figures, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (the trigger mechanism incomplete)
81.3 cm; 32 in barrel
with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed "Iohann Martin Stein" together with the date "1710", engraved bevelled lock decorated with the figure of Diana, signed "Christian Haman" beneath the pan and inscribed "Onollzbach" behind the cock, carved moulded figured walnut full stock, the butt with raised cheek-piece and patch-box fitted with sliding cover veneered in carved rootwood, full iron mounts chiselled in low relief, including side-plate pierced with scrolling foliage and involving a half-figure and a monster's head, trigger-guard with acanthus finials, a pair of faceted moulded ramrod-pipes engraved with leaf patterns, escutcheon pierced with scrollwork supported by a pair of grotesque half-figures, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (the trigger mechanism incomplete)
81.3 cm; 32 in barrel
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A 28-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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