Flint gun, The lock plate has a stepped tail and is engraved with foliage in panels and a signature, the rooster is decorated in bas-relief. The barrel is stamped on the top and bottom with the coat of arms of Utrecht and has a ridge on top to the trumpet, on the tail of the barrel there is a wing-shaped rear visor, the visor grain is made of brass. The flask is cut with, among other things, acanthus leaves. The previously gilded yellow brass fittings with partially embossed embellishment, apart from the two octagonal loading rod tubes, consist of a symmetrical screw plate of ajour-worked curls, partially granulated, a trigger guard framed by leaves, an unprocessed, oval thumb plate with a crown above it, birds on either side and a mask underneath, and a flask adorned with leafy tendrils and with a mask on the bottom, the loading stick has a brass cap., Koeter Pijper, Amsterdam, c. 1710, brass (alloy), gilding (material), granulation, l 33.05 cm l 28 cm d 16.5 mm
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Flint gun, lock plate, stepped tail, engraved, foliage, panels, signature, rooster, decorated, bas-relief, barrel, stamped, top, bottom, coat, arms, Utrecht, ridge, trumpet, tail, wing-shaped rear visor, visor grain, brass, flask, cut, things, acanthus leaves, previously gilded yellow brass fittings, partially embossed embellishment, apart, two octagonal loading rod tubes, consist, symmetrical screw plate, ajour-worked curls, partially granulated, trigger guard framed, leaves, unprocessed, oval thumb plate, crown, birds, side, mask underneath, flask adorned, leafy tendrils, mask, loading stick, brass cap, Koeter Pijper, Amsterdam, c, 1710, alloy, gilding, material, granulation, l 33 05
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