A HIGHLY UNUSUAL LEFT-HAND SNAPHAUNCE MECHANISM FOR A GUN, AND THE LOCK-PLATE FROM A DUTCH FLINTLOCK REPEATING MAGAZINE GUN

A HIGHLY UNUSUAL LEFT-HAND SNAPHAUNCE MECHANISM FOR A GUN, AND THE LOCK-PLATE FROM A DUTCH FLINTLOCK REPEATING MAGAZINE GUN
The first Low Countries, circa 1650, the second signed Ian Flock Van Solingen Tot Utrecht, circa 1670
The first with rounded engraved and chiselled plate in the form of a scaly marine monster, the cock and the arm of the steel en suite, the pan-cover chiselled in relief with flower-heads and foliage (some minor surface pitting); the second engraved with a wooded landscape and a putto (worn)
7 1/8in. (18.1cm.) and 7½in. (19cm.) (2)