BY FRANCISCO LÓPEZ, MADRID, DATED 1759
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A SPANISH 16-BORE MADRID-LOCK SPORTING GUN
BY FRANCISCO LóPEZ, MADRID, DATED 1759
WITH BROWNED TWO-STAGE BARREL WITH CHISELLED GIRDLE, GOLD SPIDER FORE-SIGHT WITHIN GOLD-INLAID FOLIAGE, OCTAGONAL BREECH INLAID WITH GOLD SCROLLWORK AND THE GOLD-INLAID SIGNATURE 'FRANCISCO LOPEZ EN MADRID AñO DE 1759' AND STRUCK WITH TWO GOLD-LINED PUNZóNES (NEUE STøCKEL 7803, 708) WITH FOUR SMALL GOLD-LINED DECORATIVE MARKS ABOVE, GOLD LINE AND GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, SHAPED TANG FINELY ENGRAVED WITH A ROCAILLE AND SCROLLWORK ON A PUNCHED GROUND, SIGNED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK ENGRAVED EN SUITE AND WITH FURTHER GOLD-LINED PUNZóN, FRUITWOOD HALF-STOCK (REDUCED FROM FULL, OLD REPAIRS TO FORE-STOCK) CARVED WITH FOLIAGE IN RELIEF BEHIND THE BARREL TANG, FLUTED MADRID-STYLE BUTT, BLUED IRON MOUNTS WITH TRACES OF ENGRAVING, THE TRIGGER-GUARD WITH FURTHER GOLD-LINED PUNZóN, AND HORN-TIPPED RAMROD
40.3/8IN. (102.6CM.) BARREL
ADAPTED IN ENGLAND IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY BY FITTING BARREL BOLTS, A HORN FORE-END CAP, AND NEW RAMROD-PIPES ON A RIB
FRANCISCO LóPEZ, STUDENT OF JUAN SANTOS, WAS ACCORDING TO SOLER ADMITTED AS GUNSMITH TO CARLOS III IN 1761. HE RETIRED IN 1773, AND DIED IN 1800, HAVING TAUGHT FOUR DISCIPLES
BY FRANCISCO LóPEZ, MADRID, DATED 1759
WITH BROWNED TWO-STAGE BARREL WITH CHISELLED GIRDLE, GOLD SPIDER FORE-SIGHT WITHIN GOLD-INLAID FOLIAGE, OCTAGONAL BREECH INLAID WITH GOLD SCROLLWORK AND THE GOLD-INLAID SIGNATURE 'FRANCISCO LOPEZ EN MADRID AñO DE 1759' AND STRUCK WITH TWO GOLD-LINED PUNZóNES (NEUE STøCKEL 7803, 708) WITH FOUR SMALL GOLD-LINED DECORATIVE MARKS ABOVE, GOLD LINE AND GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, SHAPED TANG FINELY ENGRAVED WITH A ROCAILLE AND SCROLLWORK ON A PUNCHED GROUND, SIGNED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK ENGRAVED EN SUITE AND WITH FURTHER GOLD-LINED PUNZóN, FRUITWOOD HALF-STOCK (REDUCED FROM FULL, OLD REPAIRS TO FORE-STOCK) CARVED WITH FOLIAGE IN RELIEF BEHIND THE BARREL TANG, FLUTED MADRID-STYLE BUTT, BLUED IRON MOUNTS WITH TRACES OF ENGRAVING, THE TRIGGER-GUARD WITH FURTHER GOLD-LINED PUNZóN, AND HORN-TIPPED RAMROD
40.3/8IN. (102.6CM.) BARREL
ADAPTED IN ENGLAND IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY BY FITTING BARREL BOLTS, A HORN FORE-END CAP, AND NEW RAMROD-PIPES ON A RIB
FRANCISCO LóPEZ, STUDENT OF JUAN SANTOS, WAS ACCORDING TO SOLER ADMITTED AS GUNSMITH TO CARLOS III IN 1761. HE RETIRED IN 1773, AND DIED IN 1800, HAVING TAUGHT FOUR DISCIPLES