BY PUIFORCAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1775
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A 20-BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
BY PUIFORCAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1775
WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL WITH SILVER FORE-SIGHT WITHIN A GILT SUNBURST, THE BREECH OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL, SIGNED 'PUIFORCAT SEUL TITRé ARQUEBUSIER DU ROY A PARIS', STAMPED WITH THREE OVAL MARKS, ONE OF THEM THE MARK OF JEAN BAPTISTE LECLERC OF PARIS (NEUE STøCKEL 180), AND RETAINING TRACES OF PUNCHED AND GILT DECORATION, GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, SHAPED ENGRAVED TANG, SIGNED FLAT BORDER ENGRAVED BEVELLED LOCK ENGRAVED ON THE STEPPED TAIL WITH A TROPHY OF THE CHASE, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK (REDUCED FROM FULL) WITH CHEEK-PIECE AND CARVED IN RELIEF WITH ROCOCO FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE, IRON MOUNTS CHISELLED IN RELIEF WITH FLOWERS, SCROLLS, AND FOLIAGE, IRON RAMROD-PIPES, AND WOODEN RAMROD, THE EXTERNAL SCREW-HEADS CHISELLED AND GILT
36¼IN. (92.1CM.) BARREL
BY PUIFORCAT, PARIS, CIRCA 1775
WITH TWO-STAGE BARREL WITH SILVER FORE-SIGHT WITHIN A GILT SUNBURST, THE BREECH OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL, SIGNED 'PUIFORCAT SEUL TITRé ARQUEBUSIER DU ROY A PARIS', STAMPED WITH THREE OVAL MARKS, ONE OF THEM THE MARK OF JEAN BAPTISTE LECLERC OF PARIS (NEUE STøCKEL 180), AND RETAINING TRACES OF PUNCHED AND GILT DECORATION, GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLE, SHAPED ENGRAVED TANG, SIGNED FLAT BORDER ENGRAVED BEVELLED LOCK ENGRAVED ON THE STEPPED TAIL WITH A TROPHY OF THE CHASE, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT HALF-STOCK (REDUCED FROM FULL) WITH CHEEK-PIECE AND CARVED IN RELIEF WITH ROCOCO FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE, IRON MOUNTS CHISELLED IN RELIEF WITH FLOWERS, SCROLLS, AND FOLIAGE, IRON RAMROD-PIPES, AND WOODEN RAMROD, THE EXTERNAL SCREW-HEADS CHISELLED AND GILT
36¼IN. (92.1CM.) BARREL