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VERY FINE RELIEF CARVED 18TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD
VERY FINE RELIEF CARVED 18TH CENTURY FLINTLOCK
JAEGER RIFLE BY C. FREUND OF FURSTENAU. Cal. 58. NSN. The slightly swamped 31 3/4" octagon bbl. is fitted with adj. U-notch rear and bead front sights. The top flat is silver-inlaid "C. Frevnd Fvrstenav". Lock with round-bodied plate is fitted with serpentine cock, inset rounded pan, bridled frizzen, and roller on feather spring with bulbous finial. Light scroll engraving is on the tail of the plate and the cock. The area under the pan is engraved "C. Freund" (most likely Christoph, working 1740–80). The steel trigger plate is fitted with dbl.-set triggers. The full stock of nicely fiddle-figured European walnut is brass-mounted, and these mounts include a well-shaped and deep-relief scroll-engraved sideplate, a faceted trigger guard with scroll finial, and a heavy buttplate with an octagonal top section that has a 3" engraved scroll return along the toeline. Other brass inlays are on the bottom edge of the right-hand cheekpiece and the top of the sliding wooden patchbox cover with a release at the rear. Stock has well-carved moldings around the ramrod channel, lock, and sideplates. There is a finely relief-carved acanthus scroll with floral highlights behind the bbl. tang, at the front and rear of the cheekpiece, along the rear of the grip on the right side, and behind the thimble. A bone and ebony-inlaid 8-pointed star is on the face of the cheekpiece, and a silver crestplate is at the top of the grip. Full stock with brass cap is pinned to bbl. and ebony ramrod with brass tip and tail mounts through two beaded pipes and matching thimble. The large sling button on the toeline has a matching bail 3" from the muzzle. CONDITION: fine; iron parts have an old smooth brown patina. Brass is nicely toned. Stock retains most of its original oil finish, with a good scattering of both heavy and light marks. Carving remains relatively crisp. Bore is very fine and shiny, with some minor frosting toward the muzzle. Lock is good. (01-21207/MGM). ANTIQUE. $5,000-7,500.