Fine Modern & Antique Arms - July 2022 : Sale A0722 Lot 505
JOHAN CZERMAK, BOHEMIA A FINE 25-BORE PERCUSSION TURN-OVER COMBINATION GUN, no visible serial number,

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JOHAN CZERMAK, BOHEMIA
A FINE 25-BORE PERCUSSION TURN-OVER COMBINATION GUN, no visible serial number,
circa 1830, with blued round 28in. barrels, short moulded sighting ribs, the rifle barrel signed in gold 'JOHAN CZERMAK' and fitted with a dove-tailed blade fore-sight and standing notch rear-sight, the shot barrel signed in gold 'WILDENSCHWERT' and fitted with a bead fore-sight, both barrels with gold scrolled panels to breech and shallow stepped moulded terminals numbered '1' and '2' respectively in gilt, moulded nipple bosses with engraved half-plates below forwards of the fully engraved rotary barrel mount released by the sprung and engraved trigger-guard bow, border and gamescene engraved back-action lock featuring stags in a woodland setting, carved and sculpted hammer engraved with acanthus scrolls inhabited by a mythical beast, the left-side with dummy lockplate engraved with a scene of hunting dogs and boar, chequered walnut butt-stock with raised cheek-piece, chequered wood patch-box to right at heel released by a button and with staghorn thumb-piece, engraved iron heel-plate, engraved sling button, complex carved and pierced raised walnut lower tang, double set triggers, the fore-end comprised of two full-length side fillets with engraved iron mounts, one side inlet for a bone tipped wood ramrod (replaced), the other with eyelet for sling



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Estimate £2,000-3,000