Breech-loading rifle with stock and detachable skeleton butt

The underlying mechanism of the lock is mounted in an iron case and fixed to a long, iron plate that forms an extension of the lock case. The pan is in a rectangular box screwed to the barrel and engraved with a grotesque mask, foliage, and a signature. The barrel can be unscrewed and is fitted with a filed ring, as is the breech; at the tail of the barrel is a rear sight; the bore is rifled with 16 grooves. The walnut stock consists of a rear-end and a skeleton stock, removable by turning it a quarter turn; simply carved with, among other things, rococo foliage. The furniture consists of an iron, loop-shaped trigger guard and buttplate, a silver thumbplate with chased relief decoration, consisting of a crowned shield engraved with a monogram, framed by a leafy wreath, tied together at the bottom and fitted with an engraved order of chivalry consisting of a Maltese cross, hanging from the knob; no provision for a ramrod.