A rare and interesting wheel lock pistol dating:... Lot 17

A rare and interesting wheel lock pistol dating: 1667 provenance: Germany, Octagonal, rifled, 13 mm cal. barrel, dated'1667' between dots, crosses and stars at the back, provided with iron rear sight and brass sight decorated en suite. Lock with flat plate featuring oblique borders and external wheel covered with a slightly engraved, bronze plaque. The spring of the hammer carved and decorated with a bronze face on the screw head, engraved pan and snap pan cover (needs revision). Engraved, carved and pierced hammer. With a flower-shaped mark with three dots inside the plate. Wooden full stock carved around the tang, decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays and brass nails. Brass fore-end cap and butt-plate. Rectangular, iron trigger guard with anatomic, folding bar. Trigger and set trigger. The lower part of the grip with a hole filled with wax that was once used to mount a removable butt. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod. length 63 cm.