Double-flintlock, Two-barrel Rifle Signed By Anton Pell - Austria, Linz - 18th Century

DOUBLE-FLINTLOCK, DOUBLE-BARRELED RIFLE signed ANTON PELL
Austria, Linz
18th century, dated 1778
Steel, wood, bronze, silver
Overall length: 102; Length when closed: 63.5 cm
Caliber: 13 mm

Octagonal, rifled barrels, superimposed, chiseled with floral and geometric motifs on the breech, marked on the top “Anton. Pell. In Linz.”
Stock decorated with foliage. Half-moon trigger guard.
Round-bodied locks, chiseled with fillets.
Trigger guards, with flash guards, decorated in a matching pattern. Carved firing mechanism springs.
Swan-neck hammers. Finger rest trigger guard, made of silver-plated bronze. Two trigger tails.
Long-barreled stock, chiseled with foliage motifs, featuring three cut-out inlays of silver-plated bronze on the right side and a beaded inlay on the left side. Stock decorated in a matching pattern, with a screw on the underside. Butt plate and heel made of silver-plated bronze. Matchbox decorated in the same style. Handle with a silver-plated bronze thumb piece. Flap decorated in the same style.

In very good condition.

Ref.: 1107

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