BY CLAUDE NIQUET A LIÈGE, CIRCA 1720
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A FINE 22-BORE LIèGE FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE
BY CLAUDE NIQUET A LIèGE, CIRCA 1720
WITH TWO-STAGE SIGHTED BARREL, ENGRAVED TANG, SIGNED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK WITH STEPPED TAIL AND BLUED SCREW-HEADS, TOP JAW AND PAN, LIGHTLY CARVED MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK, FIRE-GILT BRONZE MOUNTS FINELY CAST AND CHASED IN RELIEF WITH CAPTIVES, TROPHIES OF ARMS, MASKS AND FOLIAGE, SHAPED SOLID SIDE-PLATE, PIERCED ESCUTCHEON WITH CORONET ABOVE, BLUED SCREW-HEADS, TRIGGER AND TRIGGER-PLATE, IRON SLING MOUNTS, AND ORIGINAL RAMROD, IN FINE ORIGINAL CONDITION THROUGHOUT
39¼IN. (99.7CM.) BARREL
BY CLAUDE NIQUET A LIèGE, CIRCA 1720
WITH TWO-STAGE SIGHTED BARREL, ENGRAVED TANG, SIGNED FLAT BEVELLED LOCK WITH STEPPED TAIL AND BLUED SCREW-HEADS, TOP JAW AND PAN, LIGHTLY CARVED MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK, FIRE-GILT BRONZE MOUNTS FINELY CAST AND CHASED IN RELIEF WITH CAPTIVES, TROPHIES OF ARMS, MASKS AND FOLIAGE, SHAPED SOLID SIDE-PLATE, PIERCED ESCUTCHEON WITH CORONET ABOVE, BLUED SCREW-HEADS, TRIGGER AND TRIGGER-PLATE, IRON SLING MOUNTS, AND ORIGINAL RAMROD, IN FINE ORIGINAL CONDITION THROUGHOUT
39¼IN. (99.7CM.) BARREL