Caucasian / Circassian flintlock musket, hardwood stock with horn butt and inlaid staghorn details, forearm cap of horn, and massive miquelet lock and button trigger. Three silver bands retain the fine barrel, an exceptional example of pattern-welded damascus steel inlaid with gold at breach and muzzle in Gordian Knot motifs and struck with a gold signature reading, Work of Muhammad Saneh (?) Retains its original ramrod with profiled finial. Late 18th-early 19th century. Overall length 134 cm.