Description
Flintlock shotgun. Round barrel, slightly blunderbussed at the muzzle, chased, with thunderbolts. Lock signed "Math Brarchof Augsburg" and flat-bodied hammer, chased with foliate scrolls and signed. Bassinet. Cut-out, line-engraved silver fittings. Crowned thumbpiece. Cheek stock in walnut, carved with foliate scrolls. Short shaft ending in a horn tip. E.M. (missing upper jaw, hammer screw and ramrod). circa 1740-1750
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