Lot Essay
Garcia was gunsmith to Carlos III and Carlos IV. He died in 1792
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TWO SPANISH DETACHED MIQUELET-LOCK GUN MECHANISMS
THE FIRST BY FRANCISCO ANTONIO GARCIA, MADRID, DATED 1780; THE SECOND ENGRAVED WITH THE DATE 1678
The first engraved with rococo ornament, the bevelled plate signed and dated and struck above the mainspring with the maker's gold-lined punzón (Neue Støckel 7461); the second with engraved cock and steel
5½in. (14cm.) and 6in. (15.2cm.) (2)
THE FIRST BY FRANCISCO ANTONIO GARCIA, MADRID, DATED 1780; THE SECOND ENGRAVED WITH THE DATE 1678
The first engraved with rococo ornament, the bevelled plate signed and dated and struck above the mainspring with the maker's gold-lined punzón (Neue Støckel 7461); the second with engraved cock and steel
5½in. (14cm.) and 6in. (15.2cm.) (2)