EMPIRE OTTOMAN, première moitié du XIXème siècle Pommel gun. European flintlock lock and swan-neck hammer, with round bodies outlined with fillets. Round barrel, then with sides, burnished, with silver decorations (min. 800) applied in reserves, delimited by brass fillets, engraved with floral scrolls or a radiating cross, or inlaid with a dragon chasing a sun (sights). Two oval punches in Arabic thunder calligraphy. Smooth. Cal. 15 mm. Long walnut shaft. Silver fittings (min. 800) cut with fillet decoration, including pommel with brackets and knob engraved with a bearded head, trigger guard, counter plate decorated with flowers, ramrod supports, barrel nose decorated with leaves, thumb piece in openwork cartouche with grimacing head. Brass trigger tail. Fake silver plate ramrod (min. 800). Barrel length: 30 cm - Total length: 47 cm - Gross weight: 1.124 g. Broken barrel tail; probably repaired with a polylobed silver plate (min. 800) nailed in front of the lock; spring hard to cock. Usual stains, scratches and knocks; a few chips to the wood, notably under a ramrod support; small section of brass fillet missing from the thunderbolt; oxidation.