Rifle for stalking, Buks for the bershunt. The iron lock is engraved with lofwerk and a signature. The heavy iron barrel has a soul drawn with six grooves, and a straight rib, the visor grain is of brass, the visor is covered with an iron cap, stamped on top with a crowned EWB (?) monogram, inscribed in gold, followed by the inscription SAMVEL RIDDERSPORE, stamped to the left with a crowned shield with encased in brass and on the right with an unidentified sign in an oval. The wooden flask is varnished to simulate burr walnut and is simply cut, on the right cheek of the flask is a flask
Rifle for stalking, Buks for the bershunt. The iron lock is engraved with lofwerk and a signature. The heavy iron barrel has a soul drawn with six grooves, and a straight rib, the visor grain is of brass, the visor is covered with an iron cap, stamped on top with a crowned EWB (?) monogram, inscribed in gold, followed by the inscription SAMVEL RIDDERSPORE, stamped to the left with a crowned shield with encased in brass and on the right with an unidentified sign in an oval. The wooden flask is varnished to simulate burr walnut and is simply cut, on the right cheek of the flask is a flask box with a sliding lid, the left cheek has a cheek plate, trimmed with cow horn at the front. The iron fittings consist of three loading rod tubes, a well-worked screw plate in the form of a hose with foliage, a trigger guard engraved with a bird on a branch, the trigger plate with engraved foliage, and a flat butt plate with the top in a point, an iron plate is attached to the flask, presumably intended for an extravizier, the lacquered wooden loading stick has a cow horn cover., Jan Nelleman (I), Utrecht, c. 1680 - c. 1690, iron (metal), brass (alloy), gold (metal), wood (plant material), horn (animal material), lacquering, l cm l cm d mm
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