Flintlock Sporting Gun of Empress Margarita Teresa of Spain (1651–1673), ca. 1670–73, Vienna, Austrian, Vienna, Steel, wood (burl walnut), silver, copper alloy, gold, L. 52 1/8 in. (132.4 cm); L. of barrel 38 3/8 in. (97.5 cm), Firearms-Guns-Flintlock, This flintlock sporting gun was made in Vienna for Empress Margarita Teresa (reigned 1666–73), Infante of Spain and wife of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I (reigned 1658–1705). The empress's crowned monogram in silver is inlaid on each side of the butt, and her arms, an imperial double-headed eagle bearing the shields of Austria and Spain, are engraved on the silver escutcheon on the grip of the stock
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Flintlock Sporting Gun, Empress Margarita Teresa, Spain, 1651–1673, ca, 1670–73, Vienna, Austrian, Steel, wood, burl walnut, silver, copper alloy, gold, L, 52 1/8, 132.4 cm, barrel 38 3/8, 97.5, Firearms-Guns-Flintlock, flintlock, sporting, gun, Margarita, Teresa, reigned 1666–73, Infante, wife, Holy Roman, Emperor, Leopold, I 1658–1705, empress, crowned monogram, inlaid, side, butt, arms, imperial double-headed, eagle, bearing, shields, Austria, engraved, silver escutcheon, grip, stock
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