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Southern German or Carlsbadian flintlock fowler with ornate brass mounts and ornately chiseled bar

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Firearms & Armory Start Price:1,500.00 USD
Southern German or Carlsbadian flintlock  fowler with ornate brass mounts and ornately  chiseled bar
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Southern German or Carlsbadian flintlock fowler with ornate brass mounts and ornately chiseled barrel, signed Johan Simion Liper, the rest is so fancily signed as to be illegible. The gun measures approx. 59”overall with 44” barrel, of approx. 16ga smoothbore. The gun is full stocked to the muzzle in a light colored wood stock with nice raised carving around the tangs and well molded around fixtures. The gun shows veryfancy cast mounts that are nicely chased and relieved including the lock and show hunting scenes and other classic European decorations. The sideplate is missing its front half. The rear portion shows a dog andis ornately pierced. The stock is broken approx. 14-1/2” from the breech, and there is a large sliver of wood missing from the top edge on the right side. The hammer and frizzen are nicely chiseled in high relief.The rear portion of the barrel is deep chiseled in high relief for approx. 11” and shows a portrait of what may be a king being crowned, and a rider on horseback shooting a pistol, along with grotesque faces and North