Hunting harquebus with wheel, iron lock chased... Lot 173

Hunting harquebus with wheel, iron lock chased with a man in arms, a winged horse (Pegasus) on a landscape background, wheel chased with the allegory of time and Hermes, signed C. NEIREITER IN PRAG, five-sided blued barrel, brass sights, hammer in the shape of an animal's head, frame inlaid with stag horn engraved with animal decorations, lion and bear fighting scenes, grotesque profiles, stock drawer decorated with Diana the Huntress, horn butt plate. Bohemia, Prague, Caspar NEREITER, late 17th century. Total length : 125 cm Condition : accident to the decoration on the mount above the lock. Some pitting on the frame. Broken rod. Missing pins on the shaft. Bibliography : Eugène HEER, Der Neue Stockel, vol II, p. 866. Caspar NEIREITTER, Bohemia, 1667-1730. Court supplier.