SUPERB HIGH ART WHEEL LOCK PISTOL WITH PROVENANCE FROM FOUR OF AMERICA’S MOST DISTINGUISHED COLLECTIONS, AUSTRIAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY.

SN NSN. This pistol appears in the Edward Hubbard Litchfield sale, Park Bernet Galleries, New York 1951 as lot 6 “Wheel Lock Pistol, Barrel finely chiseled in high relief with nine musical and dancing couples, in a gilded ground; engraved and gilded lockplate and trigger guard; stock with intricate bone inlay of hunting subjects; buttplate finely carved with a standing figure of Diana. (From Sumner Healy, New York)”. Lock of early form finely etched and gilt. Wheel of internal type, cover chiseled with double headed eagle. Hammer finely engraved. The bbl elaborately chiseled throughout its length with Royal personages on a pounced gilded ground. Trigger guard etched and gilt en suite. Fruit wood full stock elaborately inlaid with white stag horn featuring pellets, scrolls, hunting scenes, rabbits, foxes, stag and boar. Ivory buttplate is carved in high relief with a figure of Diana holding a bow in her right hand and an arrow in her left. Quality of the carving is superb. This superb work of art wheel lock holster pistol represents an rare opportunity to acquire a piece of museum quality which has been known to the collecting community for more than half a century. PROVENANCE: Sumner Healy, New York. Edward Hubbard Litchfield, Park Bernet Galleries, 1951. Joseph Kindig Jr. Joseph Kindig III. Raymond J. Petry. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Overall excellent for the period. Retaining nearly all its original gilding. Stock with the expected very minor replacements. Forward ramrod pipe is gilt brass, possibly replaced. Stock inlay excellent throughout. Small piece of stag horn missing behind the bbl tang. 4-49986 (30,000-60,000) – Lot 2425

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

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
	2425	$46,000.00	SUPERB HIGH ART WHEEL LOCK PISTOL WITH PROVENANCE FROM FOUR OF AMERICA’S MOST DISTINGUISHED COLLECTIONS, AUSTRIAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY. SN NSN. This pistol appears in the Edward Hubbard Litchfield sale, Park Bernet Galleries, New York 1951 as lot 6 “Wheel Lock Pistol, Barrel finely chiseled in high relief with nine musical and dancing couples, in a gilded ground; engraved and gilded lockplate and trigger guard; stock with intricate bone inlay of hunting subjects; buttplate finely carved with a standing figure of Diana. (From Sumner Healy, New York)”. Lock of early form finely etched and gilt. Wheel of internal type, cover chiseled with double headed eagle. Hammer finely engraved. The bbl elaborately chiseled throughout its length with Royal personages on a pounced gilded ground. Trigger guard etched and gilt en suite. Fruit wood full stock elaborately inlaid with white stag horn featuring pellets, scrolls, hunting scenes, rabbits, foxes, stag and boar. Ivory buttplate is carved in high relief with a figure of Diana holding a bow in her right hand and an arrow in her left. Quality of the carving is superb. This superb work of art wheel lock holster pistol represents an rare opportunity to acquire a piece of museum quality which has been known to the collecting community for more than half a century. PROVENANCE: Sumner Healy, New York. Edward Hubbard Litchfield, Park Bernet Galleries, 1951. Joseph Kindig Jr. Joseph Kindig III. Raymond J. Petry. Collection of Dr. Douglas Sirkin. CONDITION: Overall excellent for the period. Retaining nearly all its original gilding. Stock with the expected very minor replacements. Forward ramrod pipe is gilt brass, possibly replaced. Stock inlay excellent throughout. Small piece of stag horn missing behind the bbl tang. 4-49986 (30,000-60,000) – Lot 2425 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 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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SUPERB HIGH ART WHEEL LOCK PISTOL WITH PROVENANCE FROM FOUR OF AMERICA’S MOST DISTINGUISHED COLLECTIONS, AUSTRIAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY.