Flintlock pistol, The lock is sparingly embossed with lofwerk, the lock plate with a wavy edge, and the fire steel with an acanthus leaf, the screws are faceted, the lock plate has a signature. The round barrel is decorated on top with a panel with an acclaimed male head and profile and a monster head, after which the panel continues as a rib engraved with the signature, the visor grain is of brass, the rear visor a incised notch in the tail of the barrel. The barrel is embossed with, among other things, accolade. The previously gilded, yellow copper fittings consist of two loading rod tubes
Flintlock pistol, The lock is sparingly embossed with lofwerk, the lock plate with a wavy edge, and the fire steel with an acanthus leaf, the screws are faceted, the lock plate has a signature. The round barrel is decorated on top with a panel with an acclaimed male head and profile and a monster head, after which the panel continues as a rib engraved with the signature, the visor grain is of brass, the rear visor a incised notch in the tail of the barrel. The barrel is embossed with, among other things, accolade. The previously gilded, yellow copper fittings consist of two loading rod tubes in relief, the trigger guard, a blank thumb plate supported by two dogs, and the butt cap with long tracks in two parts, all round with embossed emblems in triangles and at the bottom a monster head in relief on an octagonal base, no screw plate, loading stick fitted with a brass cap., Gerrit de Oude Penterman, Leeuwarden, 1695 - 1700, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), gilding (material), gilding, l cm l cm d 15 mm w 1045 gr
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