Octagonal barrel slightly indented in the middle with seven-groove rifled bore in 16 mm calibre. Dovetailed iron sights. The muzzle and the base of the barrel decorated with scrollwork inlaid in silver, at the breech a brass-inlaid portrait bust. Lock with semi-internal wheel, the cover with finely engraved garland. Lock plate with depiction of an allegorical figure on a trophy bundle. Lock screws with wings. Set trigger. Walnut full stock finely carved with rocailles and lavishly decorated with dots and filigree inlaid in bone. Underneath the lock plate cracked, isolated small losses. A plaque inlaid in the cheek rest with depiction of Athena on a trophy bundle, on the butt a bone plate with trophy bundle and owner’s monogram "CT". The sliding lid of the patch box made of finely grained root wood and engraved bone. Butt cap of light-coloured horn. Engraved iron trigger guard, wooden ramrod with bone tip. Length 103.5 cm.Provenance: Collection Baron Armand van Zuylen, Sotheby's London, April 1980, lot 42.Condition: II Questions about the lot?
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