Back loading flint gun, The lock is engraved with lofwerk, the lock plate is of brass and has a signature, the steel is chiseled in relief. The barrel is engraved with leaves and has a ring in four places, the front portion can be unscrewed at the edge after the second ring and is drawn with 7 grooves, the trumpet is tulip shaped like a cannon. The half front drawer is embossed with, among other things, an acanthus leaf behind the barrel. The cast, copper-plated fittings with embossed relief decorations are gilded and consist of, an open-worked screw plate with praise and bandwork around two griffins on either side of a shield with a men's bust on it, a crowned thumb plate with the portrait of a man in a toga framed ajour crafted foliage and at the bottom a mask, and a flask with a seated Classic figure and foliage on both sides, and at the bottom a grotesque mask framed by acanthus leaves, no provision for a loading stick., P. Boudson, Liège (city) (possibly), 1705 - 1710, brass (alloy), gilding (material), gilding, l 48 cm l 30.6 cm d 13.8 mm w 1121 gr
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