17TH 18TH CENTURY

Details

A Rare 40-Bore Dutch Three-Barrel Flintlock Sporting Gun
17th 18th Century
With hand-rotated two-stage sighted barrels each engraved 'Lazarino Cominazzo' on the breech (spelt 'Comenazza' on one) and released by a chiselled catch in front of the trigger-guard, the underside stamped with 'CMAL' mark, flat bevelled back-action lock engraved with hatched foliated scrollwork, pierced flat cock engraved with a monster, moulded figured walnut butt (chipped), iron top-strap bearing a brass back-sight, cast and chased bronze mounts including pierced side-plate involving a charioteer, and brass escutcheon with coronet above, four faceted brass ramrod-pipes, and horn-tipped ramrod (trigger-guard repaired, fore-stock chipped and cracked)
45in. (114.3cm.) barrels

Provenance

Th. Fischer and E. Kahlert & Son, Luzern, 2 August 1927, lot 23, plate VIII (SFr. 760 to Bachereau)
William Goodwin Renwick, Sotheby & Co., London, 23 July 1974, lot 16 (£1,150 to Neal)

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Originally made in Holland in circa 1650, this gun was remounted in circa 1720-30, probably in Liège
For information on W.G. Renwick, see footnote to lot 260

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