Superbly decorated arquebus type gun with wheel lock, late 17th century.

Splendid bone-decorated gun with wheellock and arquebus-type stock, long brass trigger guard, late 17th century. A shortened butt, not adapted for a shoulder rest and simply pressed against the cheek. Hunting or combat weapon of a privileged rider, designed to fight heavily armed cavalry. It was used as an alternative to a spear in knightly combat. Made as a forged faceted barrel, with an expensive wheel mechanism on a walnut lodgment, with decorative bone inserts. At the butt end there is a pin for vertical storage of the gun. Length: 100 cm. Weight: 3811 gr.