A German Detached Wheel-Lock. 13 ½” overall, flat lockplate formed with a shaped terminal, fitted with internal wheel, sliding pan-cover (button release missing), flash-guard (bent) and pierced engraved dog, decorated on the plate with deer pursued by hounds and a hunter in an enclosure, and with a pelican in piety on the dog (worn).
Later 17th Century.
Provenance ‘John Woodman Higging Armoury Collection’ Tom Del Mar 20.3.2013 lot 464 and Fenton & Sons Ltd, London, 20th April 1931 JWHA Inv. No. 1474
Fine rare lock in good condition for age.