Catalogue of highly important firearms from the collection of the late William Goodwin Renwick, European, part VI comprising a medieval wall piece, longarms, including a Pauly breech-loading centre fire double barrelled fowling piece, a single barrelled flintlock fowling piece, by Joseph Manton, 1793-4, a Brescian flintlock fowling piece, by Stephano Scioli, early 18th century, including rifles, an Austrian staghorn stocked wheel-lock hunting rifle, by Franz Weier of Vienna, mid-18th century, a Saxon wheel-lock sporting rifle, by Max Wenger, mid-17th century, an Austrian wheel-lock hunting rifle with rain-proof action, second quarter of 18th century, a German wheel-lock hunting rifle, early 18th century, and pistols including a second model collier flintlock revolver, circa 1825, a German rifled magazine breech-loading pistol with Lorenzoni action, by Wetschgi of Augsburg, first quarter of 18th century, a South German wheel-lock pistol with fluted pommel, last quarter of 16th century, a pair of flintlock turn-off pistols, breech-loading on the La Caumette system, by Clarkson, second quarter of 18th century, a pair of French officer's pistols, by Boutet et Fils, circa 1805, a pair of Dutch (Utrecht) flintlock hand mortars, by Jokob Lammertz, dated 1744, a North French wheel-lock double barrelled holster pistol, early 17th century, a pair of German holster pistols, by Schmeiser of Eisenach, dated 1728, and a pair of Saxon ball-butted wheel-lock holster pistols, late 16th century : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby & Co. ..., day of sale Tuesday, 19th March, 1974
Veröffentlicht: (1974)