Pair of wheellock rifles with spanner from Cornelis Tromp Radslotbuks from Cornelis Tromp, Radslotbuks or rudder. A hunting weapon with drawn barrels of small caliber, equipped with a hair puller (Stecher) and precision visor, intended for shooting seated game. The octagonal runs are 69 cm long and feature eight right-hand features, the caliber is 12 mm. The walnut drawers have a so-called German butt, inlaid with stag horn, bone and mother-of-pearl, in addition to lions, unicorns, birds, dogs and griffins, flowers and fruits, the flasks depict a left-handed hunter who, with the right foot on the tail of his dog, is boxing his head, placed on a tree, pointing at an invisible bird, and so on gives a clear picture of how the guns were shot. Wheel lock with outer wheel that rotates behind an iron ring. No brands or signature. The shape of the flasks is German, but the marquetry comes from Teschen in Silesia, where gunsmanship flourished until the second half of the seventeenth century and where people specialized in making so-called Teschinken, light hunting boxes with a wheel lock made of peculiar wheel construction, hunter, game, hunted animals, Cornelis Tromp, anonymous, Danzig, c. 1650 - c. 1690, iron (metal), walnut (hardwood), mother of pearl, bone (material), l 97 cm
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Pair, wheellock rifles, spanner, Cornelis Tromp Radslotbuks, Cornelis Tromp, Radslotbuks, rudder, hunting weapon, drawn barrels, small caliber, equipped, hair puller, Stecher, precision visor, intended, shooting seated game, octagonal runs, 69
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