Lot n° 37
Estimation :
2000 - 2500
EUR
Flintlock shotgun, 975 mm octagonal then round barrel, bronz - Lot 37
Flintlock shotgun, 975 mm octagonal then round barrel, bronzed and thunder-punched, flat-body lock engraved with a putti straddling a deer, flat-body bassinet and swan-neck hammer engraved, trigger engraved under trigger guard, cut-out and engraved lock plate, engraved iron-layer stock, the stock enriched with engraved silver plates: large thumb piece with the Duke of Parma's coat of arms, engraved plate with a fox and marked "a fox in this attitude was killed at the Bois des Familles near Colorno and at the same instant S.A.R." then on a second plate the following "S.A.R. l'Infant Duc de Parme & C. à fait présent de ce fusil d'Espagne au P. Fourcault R. Minime Démonstrateur de son cabinet d'Ornithologie le 28 avril 1764 le quel fusil restera à la famille du dit père après sa mort suivant l'intention de l'auguste Donnateur la quelle famille demeure à fontaine françoise au Duché de Bourgogne à six lieues de Dijon", the third plate engraved with birds and bearing initials in a plant crown, on the right-hand side is a silver coin marked "Philippus D.G. Hispan Infans" and on the left side a silver coin "Lud XV Rex Christianiss", dewlap rod ending in a horn tip, wear, oxidation, cracking and traces of use to the wood, LT 1370 mm , attractive 18th century Spanish manufacture, historical piece relating to a Grand of Spain, category D § e).
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