Excellent Spanish high art folding-stock miquelet flintlock carbine with Italian chiseled steel mounts in the manner of 1750. Barrel is 16 7/8" long and .69 caliber with octagonal breach, "wedding band" changing to round, muzzle ring and integral front sight. Fine quality "Patilla" miquelet lock with floral engraving and scrolling. Chiseled steel breech tang and steel surrounded in high relief with foliage. Side plate chiseled in relief to match. Trigger plate chiseled to match with no guard except when the carved stock is folded to accommodate. Dense Spanish walnut stock inlaid with three decorative chiseled steel plates. Very elaborate panel to entirety of the butt plate. All mounts matching. Barrel retained with two Spanish pierced openwork steel bands. Bore is fine and action is excellent. With original ramrod. A fantastic and rare Spanish carbine custom made in the Italian manor. Size 29 1/2" L, barrel 16 3/4" L

Stock with one tight crack extending from the tail of the lock plate