Beautiful flintlock shotgun. - Lot 258

Beautiful flintlock shotgun. Damascus barrel decorated with flowering urns, foliate scrolls and "canon damas" in gold. Silver barley grain with gold radiating pattern. Round-bodied dishes engraved with game and chased with gold-ground dogs with tails. Round-bodied dogs engraved with flowery falls and clouds enfouded on the upper jaws. Beautiful chased-iron fittings with gold background. Rod entrance decorated with a lion's corpse and a stag being chased by a dog. Trigger guard decorated with a flowering urn and a feline attacking a bird. Back plate decorated with dogs attacking a wolf. Partially chequered, veined walnut stock. Missing ramrod. Length : 123 cm B.E. (re-colored and small crack). Circa 1760-1780.