Lot n° 157
Estimation :
1000 - 1500
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 1 021EUR
PAIR OF OFFICER'S FLINTLOCK PISTOLS CONVERTED TO PERCUSSION. - Lot 157
PAIR OF OFFICER'S FLINTLOCK PISTOLS CONVERTED TO PERCUSSION.
Slightly blunderbussed round barrels with thunderbolts, signed "Le Monnier" and decorated with gold fillets. Lock plates signed "Le Monnier à Vire" on one, engraved with tails and round-bodied hammers. Punched silver trimmings, cut out, with chased decoration in relief of foliage, trophies, foliage and flowers.
Trophy bridges. Counter plates with flowers. Long-eared knobs adorned with foliage scrolls and a trophy. Wooden rods with metal tips. Long walnut stocks, partly carved.
E.M. France, circa 1770/1780 (one rod tip missing, accident, small cracks and missing wood).
Length: 30 cm. Cal. 13 mm.
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