A breech-loading air rifle with a screw-on butt stock, Joseph Schembor, Vienna, circa 1830. Slender iron barrel polygonal at the breech, then round with a sighting flat and a smooth bore in mm calibre. Iron front sight, breech end and muzzle bear decorative engraving. The gun maker's signature, "Joseph Schembor in Wien" is engraved on the breech. Spring-loaded breech block. The cock is in the shape of a monster's head. The stepped iron lock plate, inscribed, "in Wien" and the side plate are richly engraved with floral motifs with a dog and a rising swan on ,

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