A rare flintlock repeating gun of the Lorenzoni/Berselli system by W. Parker dating: circa 1800 provenance: London Smoothbore, two-stage, 11 mm cal. barrel, twisted and finished, octagonal at the first part with engraved frame at the base followed by the signature 'W. PARKER GUNMAKER LONDON', then round after rings and provided with foresight; elegant lock signed 'PARKER', finely engraved with a snake and with a lowered edge engraved with sun and geometric motifs, the cock decorated with floral motifs; pan with magazine provided with lid and sealing batterie, placed on the steel pin and held by a brass mount on the barrel side provided with an opening for bullets and powder decorated with the figure of the wind and floral motifs, finely held by the tang engraved with sun rays and floral motifs at the rear, provided with a small lid engraved and numbered '2' for the mount of bullets which can be opened by a tiny side button; the lower part of the pin is held by an iron mount containig the trigger and the ring-guard which is engraved with a hound with birds. Loading lever on the left side, which cocks the hammer with a single rotation (of about 250 degrees), triggers the bascinet, lowers the batterie and introduces the ball and the powder into the powder chamber, the pin cover on this side is finely engraved with floral motifs. Indian walnut wooden stock (small restoration dating back to the time of use), checkered on the back, small lateral iron gate engraved and covered with a brass frame to load the powder, iron butt-plate engraved with hound and floral motifs. Below siver medallion with monogram 'ANG' and number '2'. provenance: The Visser Collection, Sotheby's Part II, 3 June 1991, lot 83. Literature: 'Pistols of the World' by Claude Blair, pages 54/55, plates 490/494 'Feuerwaffen II', Arne Hoff, Braunschweig 1969, pages 286-294. length 114 cm.