Dutch wheel-gun, Standard wheel-gun of the State army 1620-1630, part of a couple. The rooster of the castle is engraved with leaves, the outer wheel is of gilt brass, the lock plate is stamped with a mark in the form of a crowned Moor's head and provided with a signature with separately applied letters. The barrel has an iron rear visor and a copper brass visor grain, stamped on top with the same brand and signature as the lock. The flask is easily cut. The iron fittings consist of, among other things, a drawer hood, a loading stick tube with oblique slits, a trigger guard consisting of two
Dutch wheel-gun, Standard wheel-gun of the State army 1620-1630, part of a couple. The rooster of the castle is engraved with leaves, the outer wheel is of gilt brass, the lock plate is stamped with a mark in the form of a crowned Moor's head and provided with a signature with separately applied letters. The barrel has an iron rear visor and a copper brass visor grain, stamped on top with the same brand and signature as the lock. The flask is easily cut. The iron fittings consist of, among other things, a drawer hood, a loading stick tube with oblique slits, a trigger guard consisting of two round rods that come together at the ends with an open-worked eight-shape in the bend and a hexagonal butt cap that ends in a point, the red wooden loading stick is equipped with an iron cap., Adolf Bosch, s Hertogenbosch, 1620 - 1630, iron (metal), walnut (hardwood), brass (alloy), gilding (material), wood (plant material), cutting, l cm l 36 cm d mm
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