A Silver-Gilt Miquelet-Lock Gun

The steel barrel faceted toward the miquelet lock, repoussé decoration with sitting humanoid figure wearing a hat and with grotesque face, the wood stock covered with silver-gilt sheets, the repoussé decoration with rococo floral arabesques on finely pounced ground, the underside with a continuous floral arabesque, the miquelet lock plate engraved with similar decorations and the number 'D18', the barrel stamped with letters 'D.I.' and a floral roundel, inscribed 'BALTHAUSSER MI...GINTL(?)'

Estimate:£12,000

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