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