BY THURENNE À PARIS, CIRCA 1670
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A VERY FINE PAIR OF 38-BORE FRENCH ROYAL FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
BY THURENNE à PARIS, CIRCA 1670
WITH FOUR-STAGE BARRELS DAMASCENED WITH GOLD AT THE BREECH, SILVER BACK-SIGHTS, SILVER-COVERED MUZZLE RINGS AND SIGHTING RIBS, SIGNED FINELY ENGRAVED LOCKS, CHISELLED COCKS AND STEELS, CARVED GRENOBLE WALNUT FULL STOCKS INLAID WITH SILVER WIRE, ENGRAVED STEEL MOUNTS, SPURRED POMMELS WITH SILVER CAPS CHASED WITH THE SUN IN SPLENDOUR, EMBLEM OF LOUIS XIV, PIERCED AND ENGRAVED SIDE-PLATES WITH APPLIED GILT-BRONZE SCROLL, AND ORIGINAL RAMRODS, THE ESCUTCHEONS OF BRONZE AND SILVER BEARING A FLEUR-DE-LYS SURMOUNTED BY A PRINCELY CROWN AND WITH TWO DOLPHIN-HEADS BENEATH (FORE-END TIPS REPLACED, SOME WEAR THROUGHOUT)
19IN. (48.2CM.)
THE PRESENCE OF THE CROWN, FLEUR-DE-LYS AND SUN IN SPLENDOUR SUGGESTS THAT THESE PISTOLS WERE MADE FOR LOUIS XIV, PROBABLY FOR PRESENTATION. THURAINE TOGETHER WITH LE HOLLANDOIS (ALSO APPOINTED ARQUEBUSIER ORDINAIRE DU ROI CIRCA 1656) IS FAMED FOR HIS PATTERN-BOOKS AS WELL AS HIS EXECUTION OF ROYAL COMMISSIONS
CF. THE VERY SIMILAR PAIR OF PISTOLS IN THE SWEDISH ROYAL ARMOURY, WHICH BELONGED TO CHARLES XI AND WERE PROBABLY PRESENTED TO HIM BY LOUIS XIV (ILLUSTRATED IN J.F. HAYWARD, THE ART OF THE GUNMAKER, VOL. II, PLATES 2A, 3A, AND 4A)
THE PAIR IN ROSENBERG CASTLE, GIVEN TO KING CHRISTIAN V BEFORE HIS CORONATION IN 1670
THE GARNITURE IN THE TöJHUSMUSEET, COPENHAGEN, PRESENTED TO CORFITZ TROLLE IN 1669 (ILLUSTRATED IN T. LENK, THE FLINTLOCK, PLATE 69) (2)
BY THURENNE à PARIS, CIRCA 1670
WITH FOUR-STAGE BARRELS DAMASCENED WITH GOLD AT THE BREECH, SILVER BACK-SIGHTS, SILVER-COVERED MUZZLE RINGS AND SIGHTING RIBS, SIGNED FINELY ENGRAVED LOCKS, CHISELLED COCKS AND STEELS, CARVED GRENOBLE WALNUT FULL STOCKS INLAID WITH SILVER WIRE, ENGRAVED STEEL MOUNTS, SPURRED POMMELS WITH SILVER CAPS CHASED WITH THE SUN IN SPLENDOUR, EMBLEM OF LOUIS XIV, PIERCED AND ENGRAVED SIDE-PLATES WITH APPLIED GILT-BRONZE SCROLL, AND ORIGINAL RAMRODS, THE ESCUTCHEONS OF BRONZE AND SILVER BEARING A FLEUR-DE-LYS SURMOUNTED BY A PRINCELY CROWN AND WITH TWO DOLPHIN-HEADS BENEATH (FORE-END TIPS REPLACED, SOME WEAR THROUGHOUT)
19IN. (48.2CM.)
THE PRESENCE OF THE CROWN, FLEUR-DE-LYS AND SUN IN SPLENDOUR SUGGESTS THAT THESE PISTOLS WERE MADE FOR LOUIS XIV, PROBABLY FOR PRESENTATION. THURAINE TOGETHER WITH LE HOLLANDOIS (ALSO APPOINTED ARQUEBUSIER ORDINAIRE DU ROI CIRCA 1656) IS FAMED FOR HIS PATTERN-BOOKS AS WELL AS HIS EXECUTION OF ROYAL COMMISSIONS
CF. THE VERY SIMILAR PAIR OF PISTOLS IN THE SWEDISH ROYAL ARMOURY, WHICH BELONGED TO CHARLES XI AND WERE PROBABLY PRESENTED TO HIM BY LOUIS XIV (ILLUSTRATED IN J.F. HAYWARD, THE ART OF THE GUNMAKER, VOL. II, PLATES 2A, 3A, AND 4A)
THE PAIR IN ROSENBERG CASTLE, GIVEN TO KING CHRISTIAN V BEFORE HIS CORONATION IN 1670
THE GARNITURE IN THE TöJHUSMUSEET, COPENHAGEN, PRESENTED TO CORFITZ TROLLE IN 1669 (ILLUSTRATED IN T. LENK, THE FLINTLOCK, PLATE 69) (2)