Lot Nr.27

A German wheellock rifle,

circa 1670. Octagonal barrel, slightly swamped in the region of the muzzle, rifled bore in 12.5 mm calibre. Cut and engraved wheellock with interior wheel. Set trigger. Full stock richly carved with decorative hunting figures. Patch box. A vacant mother-of-pearl medallion on the cheekpiece and a bone inlay inscribed "Hersan" on the comb of the buttstock. Iron trigger guard and restrained bone inlays. An old collector mark and the number "IV" beneath the lock. Wooden ramrod with bone tip. Barrel, wheellock, and stock do not belong together. Barrel somewhat shortened(?) at the muzzle, sights replaced, filling missing from the barrel mark, mainspring of the wheellock broken, forearm a replacement. The sliding lid for the patchbox, as well as the mother-of-pearl and bone inlays on the buttstock are replacements, as are the trigger and trigger guard. Stock has repairs and small cracks in places. Screws have been partially replaced. Length 113 cm.
Cf. Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Auction 11 to 13 September 2008. On the basis of its stylistic characteristics, they attribute the stock to the workshop of Johann Michael Maucher (1645 to 1701) from Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Condition: II

Limit: 4500 EURO

6500 EURO