Thomas Del Mar - Arms & Armour

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A FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN, DATED 1758
with two-stage Spanish barrel, silver ‘spider’ fore-sight,
gold-lined vent, rounded lock, figured walnut full stock
carved with a simple shell moulding about the barrel tang,
engraved brass mounts including side-plate decorated with
a trophy-of arms, trigger-guard with near acorn-shaped
terminal, dated escutcheon and butt-plate decorated en
suite with the side-plate, with its ramrod (the steel parts
pitted, stock cracked and worn, one ramrod-pipe missing,
the ramrod incomplete)
108cm; 42I in barrel
£400-600
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A RUSSIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY GAVRILA
PERMJAKOV, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1780
with rebrowned barrel signed in silver on the over the
breech, fitted with silver fore-sight, grooved tang, signed
stepped lock engraved with border ornament and foliage,
figured walnut half-stock carved with a scrollwork moulding
about the barrel tang, the butt with carved raised cheekpiece
and patchbox with sliding cover, engraved brass
mounts comprising solid side-plate with acanthus terminal,
trigger-guard with a central moulding and terminal, buttplate
formed en suite, and three brass ramrod-pipes, steel
sling swivel and horn fore-end cap (later ramrod, the stock
with minor cracks and repairs)
111.5cm; 44in barrel
A number of guns by this maker are preserved in the
Armour Chamber Museum, Moscow, the State Hermitage,
St Petersburg and the Museum at Gatchina.
£2000-2500