Description
Beautiful 13 mm caliber (38 rounds per pound) spinning wheel harquebus, heavy and massive octagonal barrel slightly flared at the muzzle, 810 mm long, deep basket rifling, brass front sight on dovetail, three-leaf frog (two folding) also mounted on dovetail. Deep signature in stick letters bearing the signature of the gunner "HANS STIFTER 1673" and a very fine hollow punch. Flat plate body deeply engraved with an abundance of foliage dotted with flowers, the background of the engravings is matted with micro stripes to accentuate the impression of relief. Signature on the right of the basin on the body of the plate of the Master Johan Stiefer. Beautifully engraved flat dog with a phoenix on the upper jaw and a cherub engraved and pierced on the body of the dog. Superb decorative relime on the hammer spring, the front part ending with a beautiful drape chiseled in steel. Brass palm rest trigger guard, double tension trigger (functional), bronze butt plate with long carved return, bronze floral petal back plate rosettes. Varnished walnut frame with left cheekpiece extending by a long tile to the mouth with bone hood. Posterior rod, bone end. Patch-box with drawer decorated with a carved palmette on the front and a silver heart inlaid on the back. Functional mechanism. Austria last third of the XVIIth century Condition 1
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Beautiful 13 mm caliber (38 rounds per pound) spinning wheel harquebus, heavy and massive octagonal barrel slightly flared at the muzzle, 810 mm long, deep basket rifling, brass front sight on dovetail, three-leaf frog (two folding) also mounted on dovetail. Deep signature in stick letters bearing the signature of the gunner "HANS STIFTER 1673" and a very fine hollow punch. Flat plate body deeply engraved with an abundance of foliage dotted with flowers, the background of the engravings is matted with micro stripes to accentuate the impression of relief. Signature on the right of the basin on the body of the plate of the Master Johan Stiefer. Beautifully engraved flat dog with a phoenix on the upper jaw and a cherub engraved and pierced on the body of the dog. Superb decorative relime on the hammer spring, the front part ending with a beautiful drape chiseled in steel. Brass palm rest trigger guard, double tension trigger (functional), bronze butt plate with long carved return, bronze floral petal back plate rosettes. Varnished walnut frame with left cheekpiece extending by a long tile to the mouth with bone hood. Posterior rod, bone end. Patch-box with drawer decorated with a carved palmette on the front and a silver heart inlaid on the back. Functional mechanism. Austria last third of the XVIIth century Condition 1
