Beschreibung:

With two-stage barrel engraved with transverse bands of foliage, cut with eight shallow grooves, and signed 'Harman Barne' in cursive script on the octagonal breech section, polygonal forward section terminating in a prominent octagonal muzzle-ring bearing a small copper fore-sight, gilt-copper back-sight, rotating vertical iron breech-block (cover missing), rounded tang engraved with birds and flower-heads on a stippled ground, lightly engraved large flat bevelled lock signed 'Harman Barne Londini' in cursive decorative script below the external mainspring, internal steel-spring, shaped stepped tail engraved with a monster-head, cock of miquelet type, and faceted pan and steel, the front of the lock with sprung cover to the receiver for the powder, figured walnut full stock (minor defects, panel replaced opposite the lock) carved in relief with foliage behind the barrel tang, around and opposite the tail of the lock and on the underside of the bellied butt, and with a volute on each side in front of the lock and to the rear of the grip, partly fluted fore-end, shaped rotating iron trigger-guard fitted with a gilt-bronze support and incorporating a gilt-bronze powder-measure with sprung lid, iron trigger-plate with swivelling covers to the magazines for powder and balls, gilt-copper butt-plate, fore-end cap and baluster ramrod-pipes, and brass-tipped ramrod (an old working replacement) with iron ferrule, the butt stamped twice with owner's mark 'R3', the butt-plate incorporating a hinged cover revealing a cavity probably for a two-piece cleaning rod 75.9 cm. barrel