Flint gun, Part of a couple. The lock is undecorated except for a signature and a brand. The barrel is etched at the top with embossed arabesques, provided with an inscription and stamped on the back left with the arms of Utrecht, the visor grain has silver relief decoration in the form of a grotesque mask. The flask has been cut with, among other things, accolade. The batter is of brass, formerly gilded, with embellished ornaments on a granular surface, excluding the two loading rod tubes, and consists of: ranks on the screw plate on either side of a human figure, one of which runs into a dragon's head, an angular trigger guard with acanthus decoration, a thumb plate framed by foliage with a mask at the bottom, the round cap decorated with acanthus vines with a lion's head as the central butt cap, the loading stick has a gold-plated, brass cap., Westerhof, Utrecht, 1720 - 1740, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), gilding (material), silver (metal), engraving, l 48.5 cm l 31.5 cm d 15.3 mm w 1252 gr
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