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A GERMAN 120-BORE WHEELOCK BIRDING RIFLE SIGNED C.S. LUDWIG, HOHENELB, no visible serial number,
circa 1690, with swamped octagonal 33 1/2in. barrel 'in the white', the top-flat signed 'C S LVDVVIG HOHEN ELB', deeply struck 'C.L.' oval maker's mark filled with yellow metal, dove-tailed fore-sight, tunnel rear-sight, squared solid top-tang fastened from below, flat, complex-shaped lockplate with engraved shallow domed and framed external wheel, the plate engraved with a scene of hunters in period dress running behind hounds (some frosting and cleaning), automatic pan, carved and engraved pyrite holder with ring top and carved spring, walnut angular full-stock with swept flaring cheek-piece inlaid with an oval bone plaque engraved with a recumbent stag, broad relief-carved band forwards of the bone heel-plate, further engraved bone escutcheons to both sidenails, iron trigger guard bow with finger-grooves, plain trigger with hogs-bristle set, moulded fore-end with chip-carved border to upper edges and engraved bone tip, complete with a probable replacement iron ramrod, wood with some old working repairs and filled worm
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Estimate £1,800-2,200