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DOUBLE-FLINTLOCK, DOUBLE-BARREL RIFLE signed ANTON PELL
Austria, Linz
18th century, dated 1778
Steel, wood, bronze, silver
Total length: 102; Length when closed: 63.5 cm
Caliber: 13 mm
Octagonal, rifled barrels, superimposed, chiseled with floral and geometric motifs using the “tonnerre” technique, marked on the top “Anton. Pell. In Linz.”
Stock decorated with foliage motifs. Half-moon front sight.
Round-bodied lock plates, chiseled with fillets.
Trigger guards, with flash guards, decorated in a matching style. Carved firing mechanism springs.
Swan-neck hammers. Finger rest trigger guard, in silver-plated bronze. Two trigger tails.
Long-barreled stock, chiseled with foliage motifs, featuring three cut-out silver-plated bronze inlays on the right side and a beaded inlay on the left side. Stock decorated in a matching pattern, with a screw on the underside. Stock plate and heel in silver-plated bronze. Notebook compartment decorated in the same style. Grip with thumb piece in silver-plated bronze. Hammer decorated in the same style.
In very good condition.
Ref.: 1107
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