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291 A 40 BORE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK BIRDING GUN (TSCHINKE), MID-17TH CENTURY with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with eight grooves (pitted, cleaned), flat lock of characteristic form, fitted with external mainspring and wheel, the latter retained by a steel bracket overlaid with an engraved brass plaque, engraved dog retained by an engraved brass plaque, sliding pan-cover and flash-guard (worn, restorations), fruitwood full stock inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques, foliate rondels and pellets, strapwork plaques opposite the lock, the butt with carved cheek-piece (restored at the base) inlaid with further staghorn plaques on the left and patchbox with sliding cover veneered with staghorn engraved with a stag pursued by a hare on the right, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, engraved staghorn ramrod-pipe, horn butt-plate and engraved staghorn fore-end cap (ramrod missing) 94cm; 37in barrel £3500-4500 292 A 25 BORE BAVARIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY ANDREAS ZARERSTORFER IN INGOLDSTADT, CIRCA 1740 with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, stamped with the brass filled barrelsmith’s mark, beneath a five point coronet the letters ‘AZ’ divided by a rampant lion, signed lock strongly curved in line with the castoff butt, signed within a field of bold scrollwork beneath the pan and a scene from the chase on the rear half, fitted with internal wheel, flash-guard, and dog, all engraved with scrolls en suite, double set trigger (bent), and a pair of quick release 118
side nails, hardwood full stock (extensive chips, fore-end repaired, worm damage), inlaid with scrolling staghorn lines opposite the lock, strongly cast-off butt hollowed for the thumb and decorated en suite, fitted with patchbox with sliding cover veneered with horn, steel-trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, steel butt-cap (ramrod-pipes missing), and associated horntipped ramrod 72.3cm; 28 1/2in barrel Andreas Zarerstorfer is recorded in Ingoldstadt circa 1751, his mark on the barrel appears to be unrecorded ‡ £2000-2500
293 A 20 BORE COMPOSITE AUSTRIAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with octagonal swamped sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, engraved with sprays of foliage at the breech and inlaid with a decorative mark, flat lock engraved with a garland of flowers about the wheel spindle, fitted with internal wheel, engraved dog decorated with a wolf profile, sliding pan-cover and flash-guard, double set trigger, moulded fruitwood full stock carved with strapwork beneath the lock (repairs), carved butt with patchbox fitted with sliding cover veneered in horn on the right, steel trigger-guard shaped for the fingers, engraved staghorn side-nail washers, engraved staghorn ramrod-pipes, horn butt-plate, engraved staghorn fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod with engraved staghorn tip 74.2cm; 29 1/4in barrel £2000-3000