This large rifle has a blade front sight, notch rear sight with folding leaf with two apertures and a scroll finial, an anchor shaped mark ahead, "GB" behind along with scroll and geometric engraving, "86/5" on top near the breech, and a pair of "ID" maker's marks (Jacob Dilisi of Bern, Switzerland). The lock is engraved with dogs and scrolls, and the brass furniture has cast floral patterns and hunting scenes including a running hare on the side plate and dog and stag on the trigger guard bow. The rifle is equipped with adjustable double set triggers. A brass tipped iron ramrod is included. The stock is carved along its entire length with deer, three hunters and dogs on the right side of the butt in a forest scene, a boar being attacked by a dog, and a comic scene of a sleeping hunter surrounded by deer, rabbits, and a fox on the cheek rest in a forest scene. Provenance: The Tom Lewis Collection

Good as professionally reconverted to flintlock configuration. The barrel has a mixed gray and brown patina and mild wear. The lock has a heated blue tone on the plate and some muted case colors on the components. The brass has aged patina. The stock is very good and has been shortened at the forend tip. A slot for a barrel tenon is visible near the muzzle. The carving is fine, and there are some minor cracks and flakes, a repair and gap around the tail of the lock, and mild overall wear. Mechanically fine.