Created in the early 17th century, probably by Jan Kałuża in Cieszyn. It was used for hunting sitting birds. It has a rich incrustation of metal, pearl mass and bone, depicting a deer, dogs chasing a hare, a lion with a hare it has caught and Samson fighting a lion. The whole is adorned with twining plants. The outer wheel-lock with a cock is decorated with an engraving of a fabulous bird, a sea monster, flowers and leaves, which must have been a novelty in those times. Caliber: 8.10mm.
      Bruno Konczakowski acquired the gun for his collection from Baron Georg Bees von Chrostin of Gnojnik.
      The earliest mentions of gunsmithery in Cieszyn date from the 16th century, but its golden age lasted from the 17th century until the 1730s. The birdguns produced in Cieszyn, known from the 1620s onwards as cieszynkas, became a very popular commodity. They had a guaranteed market all over Europe, owing to their beautiful decoration and to the lock design, which was very modern at the time, known in the 19th century as the Kurland lock after Georg Kurland, an armourer who settled in Cieszyn. They currently adorn all the world’s major museums.