"F"H"F" in Burghausen" gold inlaid on top of the barrel at the breech. These bellows air guns were generally made in the late 1700s to mid-1800s, and were used primarily for indoor target shooting. Their basic feature is a conical bellows hidden in the hollowed-out wooden buttstock. This bellows air gun has a tip-up smoothbore octagon barrel measuring at approximately .30 caliber/7.5 mm (possibly for use with 7 mm darts with a hair tail) that loads from the breech and releases with a lever located on bottom. Dovetail mounted blade front and notch rear sights on the barrel, and mounted with a walnut stock with deeply cut floral relief carvings. Circular brass collection tag marked "R.D. BEEMAN/PRIVATE/COLLECTION/2085" attached. Information related to these can be found on pages 213-214 of "Blue Book of Airguns, Thirteenth Edition." Provenance: The Dr. Robert D. Beeman Collection

Good, with a mix of original blue finish and smooth brown patina, scattered light pitting/freckling, and nearly all of the gold inlay on the barrel. The stock is also fine with some scattered scratches and dents, and defined edges and carvings. The brass exhibits golden aged and bright patinas. Absent trigger guard and plate on the underside around the barrel release lever, and an empty hole where a tang peep sight once resided. The tip-up barrel does not properly seat although it latches, the trigger functions, otherwise mechanically untested.