RARE LONG WHEEL LOCK PISTOL BY THE MEISTER DER TIERKOPFRANKE CIRCA 1655.

RARE LONG WHEEL LOCK PISTOL BY THE MEISTER DER TIERKOPFRANKE CIRCA 1655. SN NSN. This very pistol is listed as number 39 on page 194 of Dr. Hans Schedlemann’s article in the Arms & Armor Annual, the Master of the Animal Head Scroll. Lock of convex form is elaborately inlaid with silver leaves and scrolls on a blackened, once blued, ground. Dog spring is well filed and the dog is well formed. Oct bbl is decorated throughout its length with silver damascene foliage. Stock is beautifully carved by the master himself with a jester trumpeting out scrolls from his mouth. Butt is inlaid with scrolling brass wire on both sides and at base. Brass collar is fitted around the butt. Forend is well carved with volutes. NOTES: This very rare pistol has beautiful silver damascening that will clean up and be most attractive. All pistols by the Master der Tierkopfranke are extremely rare with one pair in the Joe Kindig, Jr. Collection, a pair in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, a single at the Metropolitan and pair sold by Otto von Klingbiel in 2012. PROVENANCE: See Arms and Armor Annual, by Held, p. 194, #39. Prince Hans-Adam II, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Lock is excellent with most silver damascening present, though dark with tarnish., Wheel cover and dog are brightly polished. Bbl retains most original silver damascening however, the right flat towards the touch hole has been defaced with large Roman numerals “3-1584X” of unknown origin. Stock carving is extremely crisp, virtually as the day it was made. Minor dents, but excellent overall. On right flat of bbl there is a significant casting flaw midway down. 4-49870 (20,000-40,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2494	$16,000.00	RARE LONG WHEEL LOCK PISTOL BY THE MEISTER DER TIERKOPFRANKE CIRCA 1655. SN NSN. This very pistol is listed as number 39 on page 194 of Dr. Hans Schedlemann’s article in the Arms & Armor Annual, the Master of the Animal Head Scroll. Lock of convex form is elaborately inlaid with silver leaves and scrolls on a blackened, once blued, ground. Dog spring is well filed and the dog is well formed. Oct bbl is decorated throughout its length with silver damascene foliage. Stock is beautifully carved by the master himself with a jester trumpeting out scrolls from his mouth. Butt is inlaid with scrolling brass wire on both sides and at base. Brass collar is fitted around the butt. Forend is well carved with volutes. NOTES: This very rare pistol has beautiful silver damascening that will clean up and be most attractive. All pistols by the Master der Tierkopfranke are extremely rare with one pair in the Joe Kindig, Jr. Collection, a pair in the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, a single at the Metropolitan and pair sold by Otto von Klingbiel in 2012. PROVENANCE: See Arms and Armor Annual, by Held, p. 194, #39. Prince Hans-Adam II, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Lock is excellent with most silver damascening present, though dark with tarnish., Wheel cover and dog are brightly polished. Bbl retains most original silver damascening however, the right flat towards the touch hole has been defaced with large Roman numerals “3-1584X” of unknown origin. Stock carving is extremely crisp, virtually as the day it was made. Minor dents, but excellent overall. On right flat of bbl there is a significant casting flaw midway down. 4-49870 (20,000-40,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2013 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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