with swamped barrel formed in three stages, engraved with ropework bands, dots and scrolls at the muzzle, median and breech, the latter engraved with a panel of scale ornament and struck with a mark (possibly Neue Støckel 5870), (the barrel lightly cleaned with chemicals), flat lock retained by two side nails passing through the lock plate and engaging the belt-hook bracket, fitted with external wheel retained by a circular bracket, safety-catch, sliding pan-cover with button release and dog with cross-hatched spindle, decorated throughout with pairs of lines, blackened full stock (small repairs on the left of the fore-end at the breech), spherical pommel, iron trigger-guard and belt hook, associated iron-tipped ramrod, white painted inventory number ‘100’ beneath the lock, and a further enamel inventory tag ‘120’, 54.5 cm overall

Provenance

Robert Brooker Collection inv.no. 1956