Fine German 28 Bore Wheellock Holster Pistol, Circa 1580

Fine German 28 Bore Wheellock Holster Pistol, Circa 1580

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A Fine German 28 Bore Wheellock Holster Pistol, Augsburg, Circa 1580, With blued two-stage barrel swamped towards the bevelled muzzle, octagonal breech struck on the top flat with makers mark, an orb and cross between two pellets in a shield, and the Augsburg mark (Neue Støckel 6477 and 1285), blued tang, blued flat lock, the edges and wheel-bracket left bright, struck with a man-in-the-moon mark (Stockel 8481), and with pivoting safety-lever with button finial and acting against a chiselled spring, blued wheel-cover, sliding pan-cover with release button, and cock acting on a chiselled spring, figured fruitwood full stock inlaid along each side of the fore-stock with white staghorn or bone monsters linked together by a white staghorn or bone line interrupted by an engraved ball-flower, the butt inlaid overall with scrollwork, engraved flower-heads and ball-flowers, and around the tang with panels engraved with foliage, compressed ball-pommel segmented by white staghorn or bone lines and inlaid with roundels variously engraved with flower-heads, foliage and trelliswork, a vacant roundel at the base, iron trigger-guard, foliate engraved staghorn or bone rear ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap, original iron-tipped ramrod, and in fine condition retaining most of its original blueing. Barrel length 37.8cm, overall length 56cm.
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A Fine German 28 Bore Wheellock Holster Pistol, Augsburg, Circa 1580, With blued two-stage barrel swamped towards the bevelled muzzle, octagonal breech struck on the top flat with makers mark, an orb and cross between two pellets in a shield, and the Augsburg mark (Neue Støckel 6477 and 1285), blued tang, blued flat lock, the edges and wheel-bracket left bright, struck with a man-in-the-moon mark (Stockel 8481), and with pivoting safety-lever with button finial and acting against a chiselled spring, blued wheel-cover, sliding pan-cover with release button, and cock acting on a chiselled spring, figured fruitwood full stock inlaid along each side of the fore-stock with white staghorn or bone monsters linked together by a white staghorn or bone line interrupted by an engraved ball-flower, the butt inlaid overall with scrollwork, engraved flower-heads and ball-flowers, and around the tang with panels engraved with foliage, compressed ball-pommel segmented by white staghorn or bone lines and inlaid with roundels variously engraved with flower-heads, foliage and trelliswork, a vacant roundel at the base, iron trigger-guard, foliate engraved staghorn or bone rear ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap, original iron-tipped ramrod, and in fine condition retaining most of its original blueing. Barrel length 37.8cm, overall length 56cm.



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