A GERMAN 60 BORE BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE , CIRCA... Lot n° 251

A GERMAN 60 BORE BUTT RESERVOIR AIR RIFLE , CIRCA 1740 with two-stage sighted barrel retained by an engraved brass band, engraved brass tang (restored), engraved rounded lock signed Leonard Clemper (associated, worn), figured walnut half stock carved with rococo scrolls and flowerheads about the rear ramrod-pipe and barrel tang (chips and bruises), detachable butt with copper alloy collar (restored), with carved cheek-piece on the left decorated with rococo scrolls and flowers, copper alloy mounts comprising butt-plate decorated with rococo scrolls and a hound on the tang, trigger-guard with foliate terminal (the rear portion adapted to accommodate the butt) sideplate and two ramrod-pipes, 95.8 cm barrel This appears to have been converted for use as a sporting gun in its working life.