Fine tchinké with pinwheel, 8 mm caliber rifled barrel, slig - Lot 124

Fine tchinké with pinwheel, 8 mm caliber rifled barrel, slightly blunderbussed at the muzzle, chased on a gold background in the middle and at the thunder, long sloping breech, pinwheel lock held by a wide flange fixed on both sides, hammer and spring covers engraved and chased with foliage and scrolls with gold background remainder. Mounting and short stock with drawer and cheekpiece in fruitwood, with long shaft entirely and finely decorated with fillets, animal motifs (hares, dogs, wild boars, stags) and fantastic animals; cheekpiece adorned with a rider striking down an animal; the whole is enriched with finely engraved mother-of-pearl pieces, one of which bears a shield with a lion standing under a crown. Wrought-iron trigger guard with finger rest. Wooden ramrod with iron tip. Bohemia. Circa 1660/1680 L.: 113 cm B.E. (two pieces of pattern are missing from the ends of the stock back and butt plate). Expert: Jean-Claude Dey