BY DIEGO ALVAREZ, MADRID, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL 20-BORE SPANISH ROMAN-LOCK SPORTING GUN
BY DIEGO ALVAREZ, MADRID, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
WITH EARLIER TWO-STAGE BARREL RETAINED BY THREE SLOTTED IRON BANDS, TWO SPRING-HELD (TWO REPLACED), CHISELLED AND ENGRAVED IRON RING BACK-SIGHT, AND LATER FORE-SIGHT, THE OCTAGONAL BREECH WITH GOLD-INLAID SIGNATURE 'JOSEPH CANO EN MADRID AñO 1743(?)' AND WITH CANO'S TWO GOLD-LINED PUNZóNES (NEUE STøCKEL 166-7) BETWEEN SMALL GOLD-INLAID DECORATIVE MARKS, AND GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, SHAPED ENGRAVED TANG, SIGNED FLAT LOCK DATED 1731 AND WITH GOLD-LINED PUNZóN OF DIEGO ESQUIBEL, AND ENGRAVED AND CHISELLED DETAILS, THE TAIL ENGRAVED WITH A SPORTING TROPHY IN THE FRENCH TASTE, FRUITWOOD FULL STOCK (CRACKED AND REPAIRED) CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE BARREL TANG AND WITH FLUTED MADRID-STYLE BUTT, THE FORE-END ADAPTED TO TAKE DOWN, CHISELLED IRON MOUNTS ENGRAVED WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT, THE SCROLLED TRIGGER-GUARD WITH GOLD-LINED PUNZóN OF DIEGO ALVAREZ OF MADRID (NEUE STøCKEL 7021) AND SCALLOP FINIAL, AND ORIGINAL RAMROD WITH TURNED BONE TIP
41.3/8IN. (105.1CM.) BARREL
DIEGO ALVAREZ WAS THE ONLY DISCIPLE OF JOSEPH CANO, WHO DIED IN 1751. APPOINTED AS GUNSMITH TO CARLOS III IN 1775, HE DIED IN 1802
BY DIEGO ALVAREZ, MADRID, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
WITH EARLIER TWO-STAGE BARREL RETAINED BY THREE SLOTTED IRON BANDS, TWO SPRING-HELD (TWO REPLACED), CHISELLED AND ENGRAVED IRON RING BACK-SIGHT, AND LATER FORE-SIGHT, THE OCTAGONAL BREECH WITH GOLD-INLAID SIGNATURE 'JOSEPH CANO EN MADRID AñO 1743(?)' AND WITH CANO'S TWO GOLD-LINED PUNZóNES (NEUE STøCKEL 166-7) BETWEEN SMALL GOLD-INLAID DECORATIVE MARKS, AND GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, SHAPED ENGRAVED TANG, SIGNED FLAT LOCK DATED 1731 AND WITH GOLD-LINED PUNZóN OF DIEGO ESQUIBEL, AND ENGRAVED AND CHISELLED DETAILS, THE TAIL ENGRAVED WITH A SPORTING TROPHY IN THE FRENCH TASTE, FRUITWOOD FULL STOCK (CRACKED AND REPAIRED) CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE BARREL TANG AND WITH FLUTED MADRID-STYLE BUTT, THE FORE-END ADAPTED TO TAKE DOWN, CHISELLED IRON MOUNTS ENGRAVED WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT, THE SCROLLED TRIGGER-GUARD WITH GOLD-LINED PUNZóN OF DIEGO ALVAREZ OF MADRID (NEUE STøCKEL 7021) AND SCALLOP FINIAL, AND ORIGINAL RAMROD WITH TURNED BONE TIP
41.3/8IN. (105.1CM.) BARREL
DIEGO ALVAREZ WAS THE ONLY DISCIPLE OF JOSEPH CANO, WHO DIED IN 1751. APPOINTED AS GUNSMITH TO CARLOS III IN 1775, HE DIED IN 1802