THE LOCKS BY LA MARRE À PARIS, CIRCA 1650-60 AND LATER
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A PAIR OF 25-BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK PISTOLS
THE LOCKS BY LA MARRE à PARIS, CIRCA 1650-60 AND LATER
WITH SHORTENED TWO-STAGE SIGHTED BARRELS, THE BREECH SECTIONS OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL AND ENGRAVED WITH SWAGS AND SHAPED PANELS, SIGNED FLAT BEVELLED LOCKS EACH WITH STEPPED TAIL, THE COCKS AND STEELS EACH FINELY PIERCED AND CHISELLED WITH BéRAINESQUE SCROLLS, CHISELLED STEEL-SPRINGS, MOULDED LIGHTLY CARVED WALNUT FULL STOCKS, ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS IN THE ROCOCO STYLE, AND IRON-CAPPED RAMRODS, BIRMINGHAM POST-1813 PROOF MARKS (TOP JAWS AND SCREWS AND ONE COMB REPLACED)
14.7/8IN. (37.7CM.)
JACOB LA MORT DE LAMARRE WAS ONE OF THE LEADING PARISIAN GUNMAKERS OF THE MIDDLE YEARS OF THE 17TH CENTURY, AND HIS NAME APPEARS ON A PAGE OF ENGRAVED DESIGNS FOR FIREARM ORNAMENTATION BASED ON THE WORK THURAINE AND LE HOLLAUDOIS PUBLISHED IN 1660. HE MOVED TO VIENNA IN ABOUT 1680 AND BECAME GUNMAKER TO THE IMPERIAL COURT. HIS SIGNATURE ALSO APPEARS ON A PAIR OF IVORY-STOCKED PISTOLS (2)
THE LOCKS BY LA MARRE à PARIS, CIRCA 1650-60 AND LATER
WITH SHORTENED TWO-STAGE SIGHTED BARRELS, THE BREECH SECTIONS OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL AND ENGRAVED WITH SWAGS AND SHAPED PANELS, SIGNED FLAT BEVELLED LOCKS EACH WITH STEPPED TAIL, THE COCKS AND STEELS EACH FINELY PIERCED AND CHISELLED WITH BéRAINESQUE SCROLLS, CHISELLED STEEL-SPRINGS, MOULDED LIGHTLY CARVED WALNUT FULL STOCKS, ENGRAVED IRON MOUNTS IN THE ROCOCO STYLE, AND IRON-CAPPED RAMRODS, BIRMINGHAM POST-1813 PROOF MARKS (TOP JAWS AND SCREWS AND ONE COMB REPLACED)
14.7/8IN. (37.7CM.)
JACOB LA MORT DE LAMARRE WAS ONE OF THE LEADING PARISIAN GUNMAKERS OF THE MIDDLE YEARS OF THE 17TH CENTURY, AND HIS NAME APPEARS ON A PAGE OF ENGRAVED DESIGNS FOR FIREARM ORNAMENTATION BASED ON THE WORK THURAINE AND LE HOLLAUDOIS PUBLISHED IN 1660. HE MOVED TO VIENNA IN ABOUT 1680 AND BECAME GUNMAKER TO THE IMPERIAL COURT. HIS SIGNATURE ALSO APPEARS ON A PAIR OF IVORY-STOCKED PISTOLS (2)