Flint gun with ivory drawer, Originally a wheellock gun, but transformed into flint, part of a couple. The lock plate in the shape of a wheel lock covers the recess where the wheel lock has been, the spring of the fire steel of the lock ends in a chiseled blade. The blued barrel is embossed on the back with flower and leaf ornaments, partly silver encrusted against a blued background, marked at the bottom with a circle and two rosettes. The solid ivory drawer is easily cut. The gilt brass fittings consist of, among other things, a drawer cap, a loop-shaped trigger guard and a round cap


Flint gun with ivory drawer, Originally a wheellock gun, but transformed into flint, part of a couple. The lock plate in the shape of a wheel lock covers the recess where the wheel lock has been, the spring of the fire steel of the lock ends in a chiseled blade. The blued barrel is embossed on the back with flower and leaf ornaments, partly silver encrusted against a blued background, marked at the bottom with a circle and two rosettes. The solid ivory drawer is easily cut. The gilt brass fittings consist of, among other things, a drawer cap, a loop-shaped trigger guard and a round cap engraved with flower and leafy tendrils and driven at the bottom with lobe ornaments, the ivory loading stick is equipped with a gilt brass cap, Netherlands, anonymous, 1655 - 1660, silver (metal), ivory, brass (alloy), gilding (material), gilding, l cm l cm d 13 mm w 1049 gr


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