A rare wheellock tschinke - dating: mid-17th Century - provenance: Teschen, Octagonal, 9 mm cal barrel, with rifled bore of hexagonal section, featuring an engraved segment with floral motifs at the base, one at the centre and at the slightly bell-mouthed nozzle. Fixed front sight and rear sight. Slender, iron wheel lock. With working trigger guard. The hammer with plates richly engraved with grotesques and racemes, the plate and the other elements en suite. Wooden full stock (some restorations and repairs) richly decorated with bone, horn and mother-of-pearl inlays. The fore-end with plates decorated with floral motif and fine wooden-inlaid elements. The butt-plate with a dense floral pattern. Some plate replaced. Missing butt plate. The patchbox probably restored. Iron trigger guard. Wooden ramrod with iron cartridge extractor. A fine gun of good quality deserving a proper restoration. length 123 cm.