Pyrotechnic blunderbuss with arms of Cornelis Tromp, Pyrotechnische blunderbuss. The lock plate is engraved with leaf scrolls and a signature, the rooster is ajour worked and engraved with, among other things, a fabulous sea creature. The barrel of cast copper has a heavy construction and bears the family crest of Admiral Cornelis Tromp. The flask is easily cut. The batter of cast yellow copper, formerly gilded, has embossed relief decoration and consists of, a screw plate in the form of a winding sea snake, an oval crowned thumb plate with an acanthus leaf on the underside, and a butt cap that ends in an acanthus leaf, the blackened walnut loading stick has an iron cap, Cornelis Tromp, Jan Knoop, Utrecht, 1655 - 1685, brass (alloy), walnut (hardwood), iron (metal), gilding, l 79 cm h 19.5 cm × d 7.5 cm × w 5.7 kg l 40.8 cm d 38.9 mm
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