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200 A RARE GERMAN 16TH CENTURY WHEEL LOCK RIFLE,the octagonal steel barrel fitted with an inlaid bronze sight, the cherrywood stock
fully extending to the muzzle and profusely inlaid with engraved bone depictions
of angels, nymphs, foliate bands and lion masks, the butt with a panel depicting
Adam and Eve and the expulsion from Eden, together with Cain and Abel, dated
1584. 109cm long
NB: See Peter Finer catalogue 1996, No.70 for a similar stockwork, most probably
by the same hand, from the Clay P. Bedford Collection, Scotsdale, USA.
€ 12,000 - 16,000