Dutch target arquebuse dated 1630

[Marcus den toom]

The lock is equipped with a circular fire screen on the side of the pan; the neck of the rooster is marked EDP, EDR or EDB on the inside. The barrel has three flutes on top and a flared trumpet in the shape of a snake's head with a flattened ball; brass grain, blued iron sight; decorated on top with debossed dots in a cross pattern; Marked on the back with a U or C. The stock is equipped with a support block consisting of a pillar with a circle underneath. The gold-plated, brass fittings consist of a trigger guard protruding from the butt with serrations for the fingers, a raw screw plate, a large oval cartouche engraved with the representation of Saint Christopher flanked by the year 16 (and) 28, and a butt plate in two parts : one on the lower tip of the butt, the other partly on the back; no provision for a ramrod.

length 144.6 cm
length barrel 106 cm
diameter 17.4 mm
weight 6.4 kg
Purchased from the H.L. Visser Collection, with the support of the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Ministerie van OCenW, the Ministerie van Defensie, the VSBfonds, the BankGiro Lottery and the Rijksmuseum Fonds


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