antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar
antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar
antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar
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306<br />
A 22 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY<br />
JEAN LOUIS JALABERT, ST ETIENNE, CIRCA 1800<br />
with two-stage blued swamped barrel, fitted with silver<br />
fore-sight enclosed by a gilt wreath, inscribed ‘Canon<br />
Tordu’ and decorated with thunderbolts and scrolling<br />
foliage all in gold over the breech, stamped with the<br />
barrelsmith's mark for Sebastian Merley (Neue Støckel<br />
7902), platinum-lined vent, engraved breech tang<br />
incorporating a grooved back-sight, signed bevelled lock<br />
decorated with foliage on the tail and the cock, platinumlined<br />
pan (the vent and pan relined, probably in its working<br />
life), figured walnut three-quarter stock (cut-down from full<br />
stock) carved about the tang with foliage and a basket of<br />
fruit, chequered grip and fore-end, the former carved with a<br />
goat's head in the round, carved raised cheek-piece ,<br />
engraved steel mounts including two-piece side-plate,<br />
trigger-guard with stylised urn finial, two ramrod-pipes, and<br />
gold escutcheon engraved with the owner's initials, and<br />
associated horn-tipped baleen ramrod<br />
78cm; 30Nin barrel<br />
£2500-3500<br />
306<br />
307<br />
307<br />
A .550 CALIBRE CONTINENTAL PERCUSSION TARGET<br />
RIFLE FOR BELTED BALL SIGNED EUGÈNE DUPRÉ, LIÈGE<br />
PROOF, MID-19TH CENTURY<br />
with heavy twist octagonal barrel signed in gold, fitted with<br />
fore-sight with etched cover, etched back-sight adjustable<br />
for windage and fitted with drop-shaped level, etched<br />
breech and breech tang, the latter fitted with folding fully<br />
adjustable peep-sight, flush-fitting stepped lock retained by<br />
an etched quick-release thumb-screw and etched over its<br />
surface with scrolling foliage, double set trigger, figured<br />
walnut full stock carved with foliage over the grip, the butt<br />
with carved raised cheek-piece on the left and etched<br />
hinged patchbox-cover on the right, etched steel mounts<br />
comprising small side-plate, butt-plate, trigger-guard, three<br />
robust ramrod-pipes, the rear incorporating a long slender<br />
panel extending towards the trigger-guard, horn fore-end<br />
cap (chipped), and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps<br />
the original<br />
84cm; 33in barrel<br />
£800-1000<br />
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