Flint gun, Part of a couple. The lock plate and the rooster are carved in relief with wavy edges and engraved with foliage with a bird, a grotesque mask and around the cock screw with a flower, provided with an inscription. The round barrel has flattened surfaces on the back, the upper engraved with a signature, which is chiselled next to it with branches that end in snake heads, the tail of the barrel is engraved with fern branches and a grotesque mask and continues into the rear part of the barrel, stamped on the bottom with an unreadable mark. The flask is easily cut. The iron fitting consists of two loading rod sleeves, a screw-shaped screw plate in leaves, an unadorned trigger guard with a bar-shaped end, a crowned, drop-shaped thumb plate engraved with an eagle's claw, framed by leafy tendrils, and the butt cap engraved with a grotesque mask framed by leafy tendrils, with long traces, around an edge en suite with the lock plate and at the bottom a cap with a button, the loading stick has a cow horn cap., J Wilkin, Maastricht, 1685 - 1690, iron (metal), horn (animal material), cutting, l 54.3 cm l 36.1 cm d 15.9 mm w 1127 gr
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