A German Detached Wheel-Lock from a Mullerbuchse by Nehler Dessau. 10 ½” overall, with stepped bevelled lock plate fitted with internal wheel, flash-guard, sliding pan cover mechanism (cover missing), & dog, engraved with Diana, cupid & foliage (worn), & signed beneath the wheel.
Late 17th Century
Fine lock in good condition.
Provenance ‘John Woodman Higging Armoury Collection’ Tom Del Mar 20.3.2013 lot 465, George L. Maxwell, sold Anderson Galleries, New York, 28th November 1928, lot 49 JWHA Inv. No. 630.