Flintlock Sporting Gun of Empress Margarita Teresa of Spain (1651–1673), ca. 1670–73

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Flintlock Sporting Gun of Empress Margarita Teresa of Spain (1651–1673), ca. 1670–73, Vienna, Austrian, Vienna, Steel, wood (burl walnut), silver, copper alloy, gold, L. 52 1/8 in. ( cm); L. of barrel 38 3/8 in. ( cm), Firearms-Guns-Flintlock, This flintlock sporting gun was made in Vienna for Empress Margarita Teresa (reigned 1666–73), Infante of Spain and wife of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (reigned 1658–1705). The empress's crowned monogram in silver is inlaid on each side of the butt, and her arms, an imperial double-headed eagle bearing the shields of Austria and Spain, are engraved on the silver escutcheon on the grip of the stock

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