North African rifle with Amsterdam barrel, The Mediterranean lock is made in Algiers or Tunis, the lock plate is narrow and runs in a curve, the rooster has two finger grips in the form of cones with coral at the ends, embossed with relief, the trigger is in the shape of a button with coral, Arabic inscriptions appear on the lock plate and rooster. The barrel is marked on the back with the coat of arms of Amsterdam and on the bottom with the letters IC and an unclear mark, the visor grain is of brass. The flask is inlaid with silver leaves and arabesques, and with coral, the front drawer is shortened and closed with a white cow horn, the screw plates for the three lock bolts are also made of white cow horn and have the shape of flower cores, shows the remains of a protective cushion behind the lock. The batter consists of a gilded brass copper flask inlaid with circles of coral and engraved with lofwerk, and a silver band sliver with flowers and lofwork in relief, the loading stick has a long cap of spirally decorated silver tin and a long iron ring., anonymous, Amsterdam, 1755 - 1756, coral (material), gilding (material), brass (alloy), horn (animal material), silver (metal), iron (metal), inlay (process), l 155.9 cm h 21.5 cm × d 8 cm × w 3.6 kg l 116.5 cm d 17.4 mm
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