Double-barreled flint running gun, Heavy gun. The lock is simply engraved with arabesques and a signature, the pans are rainproof. The two barrels are mounted one above the other and provided with a silver visor grain driven in the form of a grotesque mask. The stock consists of two parts: a grooved front drawer with the loading stick in one of the grooves, and a narrowing handle. The gold-plated, copper-plated fittings include an angled trigger guard with the locking catch for the turning mechanism and engraved with the number 15, a screw plate of open-worked leafy scrolls with a mermaid,
Double-barreled flint running gun, Heavy gun. The lock is simply engraved with arabesques and a signature, the pans are rainproof. The two barrels are mounted one above the other and provided with a silver visor grain driven in the form of a grotesque mask. The stock consists of two parts: a grooved front drawer with the loading stick in one of the grooves, and a narrowing handle. The gold-plated, copper-plated fittings include an angled trigger guard with the locking catch for the turning mechanism and engraved with the number 15, a screw plate of open-worked leafy scrolls with a mermaid, and a flask with leafy embossed scrolls and underneath a grotesque mask, the blackened wooden loading stick has an iron cap., Jan van Solingen [I], Amsterdam, c. 1690 and/or 1700 - 1725, silver (metal), brass (alloy), gilding (material), wood (plant material), iron (metal), gilding, l cm l cm d mm w 1849 gr
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