Flint gun with battery lock, Round barrel made of bare steel. At the mouth of the barrel is a decoration made of brass and engraved with acanthus leaf motifs. Brass oblong grain. At the top of the room are decorations in brass and steel, consisting of a warrior walking to the left, holding a spear in the right hand and the left hand at the sword hanging on a bandeller. He is wearing a headpiece with feathers. Above this figure is an acanthus leaf-like pattern made of brass. Below this figure is a bar interrupted by a half moon, below a monster head with acanthus leaf-shaped ornament. Acanthus leaf-shaped motifs, cut in steel, in the room by the tailpiece, mark of Utrecht. On the barrel is engraved, 'Le Bon Werdmüller, the son temps l'espoir' 'And culinary l'Ennemi' 'Nous procura la Gloire' 'Et sauva sa patrie' '1709 Eugène'. Lock: Flint battery lock with flat lock plate. Decoration of volute-like twisted leaves and branch ornaments, in low relief between the rooster and the pan. The rear part of the lock plate is at a lower level, and is decorated with acanthus leaf motifs and a grotesque mask. The lock is attached with two bolts. Wood: Walnut, at the rear loading stick carrier, in front of the trigger guard and at the tail piece of the barrel cut with leaf vines and acanthus leaf motifs in low relief. There is a restoration visible on the drawer. The front 7.5 cm has been added. Fittings: Brass: loading rod carrier with profile edges and facets, trigger guard with acanthus leaf ornaments and a grotesque mask, counter lock plate: intersecting leaf vines with a naked female figure in the middle, with scepter in the right arm, seated in a two-wheeled wagon, which is pulled to the right by a walking bird, thumb plate, oval cartouche flanked by seated birds, a crown on the top, a grotesque mask on the bottom, butt cap with long tails, volute-like leafwork and acanthus leaf motifs in low relief, smooth, oval butt knot., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1709, steel (alloy), b
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Flint gun, battery lock, Round barrel, bare steel, mouth, barrel, decoration, brass, engraved, acanthus leaf motifs, Brass oblong grain, top, room, decorations, steel, consisting, warrior walking, left, holding, spear, right hand, left hand, sword hanging, bandeller, wearing, headpiece, feathers, figure, acanthus leaf- pattern, bar interrupted, half moon, monster head, acanthus leaf-shaped ornament, Acanthus leaf-shaped motifs, cut, tailpiece, mark, Utrecht, Le Bon Werdmüller, son temps l'espoir', culinary l'Ennemi' 'Nous procura la Gloire' 'Et sauva sa patrie', Lock, Flint battery lock, flat lock plate, Decoration, volute- twisted leaves, branch ornaments, low relief, rooster, pan, rear part, lock plate, lower level, decorated, grotesque mask, lock, attached, two bolts, Wood, Walnut, rear loading stick carrier, front, trigger guard, tail piece, barrel cut, leaf vines, restoration visible, drawer, front 7 5 cm, added, Fittings, Brass, loading rod carrier, profile edges, facets, acanthus leaf ornaments, counter lock plate, intersecting leaf vines, naked female figure, middle, scepter, right arm, seated, two-wheeled wagon, pulled, right, walking bird, thumb plate, oval cartouche flanked, seated birds, crown, bottom, butt cap, long tails, volute- leafwork, smooth, oval butt knot, Netherlands, c, 1709, alloy, b
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