A BALTIC SNAP-LOCK BIRDING CARBINE, LATE 17TH CENTURY
of characteristic form, with blued octagonal sighted rifled small-bore barrel swamped at the muzzle and inlaid with scrolling designs of brass tendrils over much of its upper surfaces (back-sight missing), iron lock fitted with swing-out safety-steel, the lock-plate overlaid with a brass panel pierced and engraved with foliage, wooden full stock carved with relief mouldings over its length, the butt inlaid with scrolling patterns of brass wire flowers, with carved cheek-piece stamped with the conjoined letters "HB", the underside with patch-box fitted with sliding wooden cover, pierced engraved iron trigger-guard, three moulded faceted brass ramrod-pipes, and original wooden ramrod (the butt-plate and side-plate each missing)
67.3 cm; 26 ½ in barrel