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A 20 BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK WENDER GUN BY MARTIN DEYER IN BAMBERG, CIRCA 1750 with blued smooth
A 20 BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK WENDER GUN BY MARTIN DEYER IN BAMBERG, CIRCA 1750 with blued smooth bored barrels fitted with silver `spider` fore-sights, signed in silver, decorated with scrolls and numbered `1` and `2` respectively over the breeches, fitted with a brass washer ahead of the action, chiselled breech tang decorated with rococo ornament, rounded back-action lock chiselled with rococo flowers, scrolls and shell ornament on a matted ground, figured walnut full stock incised with scrolls over the fore-end (two small repairs ahead of the lock, the fore-end with cracks and minor repairs), carved with rococo scrolls about the tang and on the butt, the latter with with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox fitted with brass-mounted sliding cover on the right, brass mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising trigger-guard incorporating the barrel release at the front, solid side-plate, butt-plate (the heel with one small dent), three ramrod-pipes and a pair of iron sling swivels (later ramrod) 78.2cm; 30 7/8in barrels This maker appears to be unrecorded.
A 20 BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK WENDER GUN BY MARTIN DEYER IN BAMBERG, CIRCA 1750 with blued smooth bored barrels fitted with silver `spider` fore-sights, signed in silver, decorated with scrolls and numbered `1` and `2` respectively over the breeches, fitted with a brass washer ahead of the action, chiselled breech tang decorated with rococo ornament, rounded back-action lock chiselled with rococo flowers, scrolls and shell ornament on a matted ground, figured walnut full stock incised with scrolls over the fore-end (two small repairs ahead of the lock, the fore-end with cracks and minor repairs), carved with rococo scrolls about the tang and on the butt, the latter with with raised cheek-piece on the left and patchbox fitted with brass-mounted sliding cover on the right, brass mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising trigger-guard incorporating the barrel release at the front, solid side-plate, butt-plate (the heel with one small dent), three ramrod-pipes and a pair of iron sling swivels (later ramrod) 78.2cm; 30 7/8in barrels This maker appears to be unrecorded.
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