Original Spanish Miquelet Lock Fowling Piece with Gold Inlaid Barrel - Circa 1790 Antique Guns The battle for Leipzig was

The battle for Leipzig was over with the dawn of the new day

the finest feature is that the blade has been hammered together both regular mined iron and meteor-iron which has a high nickel content resulting is a most attractive mottled finish showing the grain of the combined metals that have been hot forged into steel

Paddle levers on fire selector and safety

They are all marked slightly differently but typically read:

Original Spanish Miquelet Lock Fowling Piece with Gold Inlaid Barrel - Circa 1790 Antique Guns The battle for Leipzig wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. This old fowling piece has literally recently come out of someone's Attic! Dating from the late 18th century 1780 1800 it is half stocked and carved with an impressive wooden trigger guard carved out of the stock blank at the time. It measures 60" in overall length with a 44" barrel. The Barrel is heavily inlaid with gold stands of arms and foliage designs for it's FULL length, some of which near the lock is now