‡ A 14 BORE PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE BY F. ANSCHÜTZ & SÖHNE IN SUHL, CIRCA 1830

‡ A 14 BORE PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE BY F. ANSCHÜTZ & SÖHNE IN SUHL, CIRCA 1830 converted from flintlock, with heavy octagonal barrel rifled with eight grooves, fitted with German silver fore-sight and folding leaf back-sight signed in silver letters in gothic script over the breech, engraved breech tang, rounded lock engraved with foliage and a sunburst, double set trigger, full stock, chequered fore-end and grip, the butt with raised cheek-piece decorated with scrolls and foliage (small cracks, minor bruising), engraved German silver mounts including butt-plate with moulded faceted tang engraved with scrolling foliage, trigger-guard with broad bow, three ramrod-pipes and shield-shaped escutcheon decorated with a trophy-of-arms, later fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod with white metal tip, perhaps the original, 95.2 cm barrel