A FINE BOHEMIAN 18-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE
BY JUNK (JUNG) JUNIOR IN TEPLITZ, MID-19TH CENTURY
A FINE BOHEMIAN 18-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY JUNK (JUNG) JUNIOR IN TEPLITZ, MID-19TH CENTURY With fine browned twist sighted barrels signed on the rib towards the breech and carved with foliage at the breeches, engraved case-hardened breeches each with pierced platinum plug, large case-hardened tang engraved with scrollwork and a vignette involving a recumbent stag, case-hardened signed locks each engraved with scrollwork and a sea-monster, the hammers each formed as a dog's head, set trigger to the right barrel, well figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, raised cheek-piece, sliding figured walnut patch-box cover, iron mounts engraved en suite including rear ramrod-pipe formed as a monster's head, the ramrod entering its open mouth, iron sling mounts, original horn-tipped ramrod, and virtually all its original finish 26in. (66cm.) barrels
A FINE BOHEMIAN 18-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE
BY JUNK (JUNG) JUNIOR IN TEPLITZ, MID-19TH CENTURY
A FINE BOHEMIAN 18-BORE DOUBLE-BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING RIFLE BY JUNK (JUNG) JUNIOR IN TEPLITZ, MID-19TH CENTURY With fine browned twist sighted barrels signed on the rib towards the breech and carved with foliage at the breeches, engraved case-hardened breeches each with pierced platinum plug, large case-hardened tang engraved with scrollwork and a vignette involving a recumbent stag, case-hardened signed locks each engraved with scrollwork and a sea-monster, the hammers each formed as a dog's head, set trigger to the right barrel, well figured walnut half-stock with chequered grip and fore-end, raised cheek-piece, sliding figured walnut patch-box cover, iron mounts engraved en suite including rear ramrod-pipe formed as a monster's head, the ramrod entering its open mouth, iron sling mounts, original horn-tipped ramrod, and virtually all its original finish 26in. (66cm.) barrels
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