Wheel Lock Gun, The internal wheel of the streamlined lock is partially visible through a circular opening filled with a sawn-open, gold-plated iron plate, the lock plate is engraved, partly in bas-relief, with a hunting scene and a landscape. The fully circular loop has a ring on the back and is marked with CMAL on the bottom. The ebony flask is partially grooved, the knob of ivory forms a piece with the lower part of the handle, the bottom is covered with a sawn-open, gold-plated iron plate in the shape of a calyx. The iron fittings consist of, among other things, a drawer belt, a loading
Wheel Lock Gun, The internal wheel of the streamlined lock is partially visible through a circular opening filled with a sawn-open, gold-plated iron plate, the lock plate is engraved, partly in bas-relief, with a hunting scene and a landscape. The fully circular loop has a ring on the back and is marked with CMAL on the bottom. The ebony flask is partially grooved, the knob of ivory forms a piece with the lower part of the handle, the bottom is covered with a sawn-open, gold-plated iron plate in the shape of a calyx. The iron fittings consist of, among other things, a drawer belt, a loading stick tube decorated with two slanting gaps, a serrated screw plate embossed with leaves and a female nude, and the sawn-open and engraved trigger guard with a vertical bar at the rear, the ebony loading stick has an iron cap in the shape of a bar., anonymous, Maastricht, c. 1650, gilding (material), iron (metal), ebony (wood), ivory, cutting, l cm l 49 cm d mm w 1473 gr
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