Extraordinary & Historic Firearms Auction

NSN. Silesian wheel lock rifles are much rarer than Silesian wheel lock tschinkes. This rifle is inlaid in the characteristic Silesian style with both

NSN. This work of art wheel lock rifle has a fruitwood full stock inlaid with the rare combination of stag horn, mother of pearl and silver wire. Addi

NSN. This extraordinary rifle has a lock deeply chiseled in relief with a king on horseback following a figure of Mercury holding a lion by his tail.

NSN. Lock stamped "AW" in heart shaped reserves and further engraved "Christi(an) Linta/Scul in berchtes". Very finely engraved ...

NSN. The type of carving as on this gun may be attributed to the Maucher school as it is far higher relief and more in the round than the Meister der

NSN. Lock with internal wheel engraved with woman's face and breasts surrounded by clouds. Wheel cover with the classic Austrian double headed e...

NSN. George Keiser was one of the, if not the, most important Austrian gunsmiths of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Existing examples from the

NSN. While not as elaborate as some examples, this wheel lock is unquestionably from the hand of the Meister der Tierkopfranke. Coming as it does from

NSN. Splendid work of art wheel lock musket mounted with 16th century Ottoman bbl. Bbl of large bore, elaborately inlaid with heavy silver in arabesqu

NSN. Silesian wheel lock rifles appear far less frequently than the Silesian Tschinke. This rifle has a particularly fine lock with pierced and engrav

NSN. Fokos are normally found with flintlocks. To find one with a wheel lock is unusual and rare. These were not made primarily as weapons, although t

NSN. The fokos, a combination weapon comprising a flintlock or wheel lock pistol and an axe, was a type of weapon characteristically from Silesia, not

NSN. Wheel locks of this type were in fashion in late 16th and early 17th century Italy. There are examples in museums throughout Europe of this rare

NSN. Walnut full stock relief carved with a crowned eagle, flowers, leaves, and scrolls of fine quality. Long fluted carved patchbox is brass bound wi

NSN. High quality Italian lock of characteristic form has engraved dog and maker's mark of a wheel under a hand. The bbl, elaborately chiseled f...

NSN. Classic French wheel lock with main spring operating from beneath the trigger guard and spindle through plate on left side. All French wheel lock

NSN. Lock and bbl are inlaid with brass with Bishop's mitre surrmounted by a cross. Hammer is fancy and pierced. Bbl possibly of 17th century, a...

NSN. Converging bbls molded at the muzzles and breeches and chiseled with ribs are struck with the mark "PM" over a star within a shield. ...

NSN. These pistols are in virtually as issued condition from 1588. The elector guard wheel lock pistols represent the glory and majesty of the Royal S

NSN. Rare and desirable Saxon patron (cartridge box). The metal etched all over on a blackened ground. The top etched with a unicorn and "NUMER...