This website uses cookies

We and authorised third parties use cookies. More information about the cookies, their purpose and how they are shared is explained fully in the cookies information. In order to guarantee the best possible user experience, please click "accept all". You can also save preferences or decline the use of cookies, with the exception of necessary cookies. Cookies information and more

28. Klassische Auktion

 

Auction on Thursday, June 27, 2019 from 16:00  | Auction ended

Completed | Physical auction

912

Lot: 912

pair of duelling pistols Percussion J. Maschek - Gabel (Jablonne, CZ), .50, #without, § unrestricted

Starting price 4.000 EUR
not sold

26 cm heavily swamped octagonal barrel, browned twist Damascus, deep lead rifling, front sight of nickel silver, dovetailed, V-shaped rear sight, flat lockplate, flat hammer, chequered hare's ears spur, bar-action percussion lock, engraved with foliate scroll, gold inlaid maker's name "J. Maschek in Gabel", nickel silver furniture, gold inlaid numbered "1" and "2" on tang, silver panels engraved with initials on tang, counter lockplates with rocaille engraving, double set trigger, walnut half-stock, chequering in basket weave style on grip, fore-end tip carved with foliage, trigger guard with finger rest, no ramrod, fore-end with wedge fastener, total length 40 cm, Josef Maschek is listed in the "Handbuch des Königreich Böhmens von 1848" (Handbook for the Kingdom of Bohemia 1848) as rifle maker, year of manufacture about 1850, the missing ramrod pipes are pointing to the use as duelling pistols, condition III.