FRANCE, époque Louis XVI Pommel gun. Flintlock lock and swan-neck hammer with round, filleted and bronzed bodies. Round barrel, then sideways, partially chamfered. Marked on the reverse B. ...CLIERE and B/B. Smooth. Cal. 15 mm. Walnut shaft, molded around the metal parts, with teardrops, scrolls and thunderbolt finial. Cut-iron fittings with fillet decoration, including pommel with braces. With black or white horn ramrod, with iron tip. Barrel length: 19.2 cm - Overall length: 33.5 cm. Scratches and knocks from use; a few small cracks and chips to the wood, notably around the splints, crack to the nose of the barrel; chips to the ramrod.