Flint gun, The lock is decorated with foliage, both carved in relief and engraved, including a trident or lily, and bears a signature. The barrel is divided by means of three rings, one of which is around the trumpet, no visor device, the barrel is blued and adorned on top with gold-embossed arabesques around the seated god Mars and hunting scenes, marked on the bottom with MIC. The burr walnut stock is simply cut. The gilded brass fittings consist of two loading rod sleeves, a screw plate of ajour-worked curls with a hunting scene, an unadorned thumb plate supported by two winged women
Flint gun, The lock is decorated with foliage, both carved in relief and engraved, including a trident or lily, and bears a signature. The barrel is divided by means of three rings, one of which is around the trumpet, no visor device, the barrel is blued and adorned on top with gold-embossed arabesques around the seated god Mars and hunting scenes, marked on the bottom with MIC. The burr walnut stock is simply cut. The gilded brass fittings consist of two loading rod sleeves, a screw plate of ajour-worked curls with a hunting scene, an unadorned thumb plate supported by two winged women with ajour-worked curls, a trigger guard with embossing in relief and a flask engraved with Classic warriors and war trophies, just like the flask cover plate, the loading stick of rib is provided with a cap of yellow cow horn., Pierre de La Haye, Maastricht, 1680 - 1690, gold (metal), brass (alloy), gilding (material), baleen, horn (animal material), gilding, l cm l cm d mm
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