A flintlock blunderbuss, Italian, end of the 18th century. Octagonal barrel merging to round after a baluster with an extended horizontally oval muzzle. Brass inlays on top. Lock with floral engraving (later engraving?), signed, "D. Donati" with a smooth side plate, bearing the remnants of a belt hook. Folding stock of root wood with silver inlays and iron furniture. The buttstock and forearm have old repairs. The forearm is cracked near one ramrod thimble. Wooden ramrod with horn tip. Length 84 cm. historic, historical, 18th century, civil long guns, gun, weap,

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