AN 11 BORE BALKAN FLINTLOCK GUN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
with octagonal sighted barrel retained by three shaped silver bands each engraved with conventional flowers and foliage, the rear most incorporating the back-sight, chiselled with scrolls at the muzzle, French rounded lock signed Berthon-Bourlier et fils, engraved with a bird beneath a tree on the tail, fitted with roller, engraved cock and steel, the former chiselled with a scroll, full stock inlaid with silver wire lines, scrolls and foliage, a basket of conventional foliage enclosing the tang, the lock and side-plate each enclosed by a leafy framework, silver wire trellis over the fore-end and the grip, the latter extending along the underside and terminating in a scroll, butt inlaid with elaborate scrolling foliage and flowers on each side, silver mounts comprising border-engraved side-plate, trigger-guard with foliate terminals and broad bow, shaped butt-plate engraved with scrolls, two sling swivels and fore-end cap, (later ramrod)
113.7 cm; 44 3/4 in barrel