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Double-barrelled flintlock hunting gun
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Double-barrelled flintlock hunting gun

Buys · 1820 - 1830 · voeren; damascened; cutting; burnished; gild; engraving; blauwen; iron (metal); gilding (material); gold (metal); silver (metal); horn (animal material); brass (alloy)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The two blued locks are mounted left and right; lightly engraved with leaves and a signature in an oval; gold-lined pan. The two blued and damascus barrels are connected at the top and bottom by hollow ribs and decorated at the back with two narrow bands engraved with foliage; the front sight patch is of gilded brass, the right barrel is marked at the bottom with HL under a dot and HA and L, the left barrel with an identical mark HA and the number 4; pivoting barrel; the tail of the barrel is engraved with flowers and foliage; two blued iron ramrod tubes are attached at the bottom, the rear one with a hinged bracket. Half fore-end with accentuated pistol grip whose lower part protrudes under the stock in the shape of a boar's head that bites into it; the cheek plate ends in a flower carved in relief; cross-hatched in front of the lock and on the stock neck.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineDubbelloops vuursteenjachtgeweer. 1820 - 1830. Buys. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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