Flint gun with ivory drawer, Charles Fabri, 1675 - 1680 flintlock pistol Part of a couple. The slot, which is bluated on the inside, is decorated with a single slender, a bird on a branch and a signature on the lock plate. On the barrel are the GMA letters -stapled letters. The solid ivory flask is cut into relief and ends after a band of ivory inlaid ebbenhout in the all -cut flask button in the form of the bearded head of Hercules with the head of the Nemeian lion as a helmet. The iron batter consists of, among other things, an ivory boundary whose head is separated by an ebony band such as between the handle and the flask button. Maastricht ivory. ebony (wood). iron (metal). gold (metal) cutting / striking (metalworking) / engraving / inlay (process) (story of) Hercules (Heracles)