Double-barreled flint running gun, Flint gun with rotating barrels, part of a couple. The lock consists of three plates: a back plate with the lock mechanism and the two front plates each with a pan and a fire sample, the rooster is ajour worked in the form of a cat, the lock is engraved with floral scrolls. The two walkways mounted one above the other are decorated with arabesques embedded in silver, punched on the back and in the middle at the drums, CMIL marked on the bottom and small non-decipherable marks including an F and T. The butt consists of two parts: the grooved front drawer,
Double-barreled flint running gun, Flint gun with rotating barrels, part of a couple. The lock consists of three plates: a back plate with the lock mechanism and the two front plates each with a pan and a fire sample, the rooster is ajour worked in the form of a cat, the lock is engraved with floral scrolls. The two walkways mounted one above the other are decorated with arabesques embedded in silver, punched on the back and in the middle at the drums, CMIL marked on the bottom and small non-decipherable marks including an F and T. The butt consists of two parts: the grooved front drawer, on one side in front of the loading stick, and the handle that ends in a butt knob with an ebony plate adorned with underside twisted silver thread, which in turn is covered by an ivory plate engraved with a flower cup, the front drawer has an ivory cap and is easily cut. The fitting consists of two silver loading rod sleeves engraved with finials and an iron trigger guard decorated with punched curls and the catch for the turning mechanism in front, the wooden loading stick has an ebony shade., anonymous, Maastricht, 1650 - 1655, silver (metal), ebony (wood), silver thread, ivory, iron (metal), wood (plant material), cutting, l 67 cm l 48 cm d mm w 1295 gr
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