A beautiful wheel-lock tschinke dating: 17th Century provenance: Teschen, Rifled Octagonal, 8 mm cal. barrel, engraved with floral motifs at the centre, cylindrical, iron sight, brass foresight, slightly bell-mouthed nozzle; angled, wheel-lock, richly engraved en suite, keeping most of the original gilding; typical, full stock of fruit wood richly decorated with bone and mother of pearl inlays depicting royal and mythical animals, branches, floral motifs, dots and lines, the effigy of a human figure under the butt; patchbox, anatomic iron trigger guard with remains of gilding; bone-tipped wooden ramrod. For sure one of the most beautiful wheel lock rifles of this kind on the market for the last years. length 117.5 cm.