Пистоль с колесцовым замком. Европа. 17 век. фото 25-01

A NORTH EUROPEAN LONG WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, CIRCA 1630, PROBABLY ALSATIAN with tapering octagonal barrel, stamped with the barrelsmith's mark (Neue St�?ckel 4895) strongly bevelled lock retained by three side nails, fitted with external wheel retained by a moulded ring-shaped bracket, sliding pan-cover, safety-catch, moulded dog and dog spring, figured fruitwood full stock with fishtail butt (fore-end replaced), inlaid opposite the lock and over the butt with brass scrollwork terminating in engraved mother-of-pearl and bone rosettes, all enriched with minute brass stars and framed within linear arrangements of brass wire extending over the fore-end, the butt cap bound by a plain brass band and inlaid with a symmetrical pattern en suite, brass ramrod-pipe, and brass fore-end cap (later brass-tipped wooden ramrod) 74.5cm; 29 1/4in