BY MIGUEL DE SEGARRA, MADRID, CIRCA 1780
Details
A FINE PAIR OF 22-BORE SPANISH SILVER-MOUNTED MADRID-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS
BY MIGUEL DE SEGARRA, MADRID, CIRCA 1780
WITH SLENDER REBLUED BARRELS TURNED AT THE MUZZLE AND RETAINED BY AN ENGRAVED SILVER BAND, THE BREECHES OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL, INLAID WITH GOLD FOLIAGE, STRUCK WITH TWO GOLD-LINED PUNZóNES (ONE NEUE STøCKEL 8586), AND WITH CHISELLED GIRDLE BEYOND, GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLES, POLISHED SIGNED BEVELLED LOCKS ENGRAVED WITH ROCAILLES, MOULDED FIGURED FRUITWOOD FULL STOCKS, FINELY ENGRAVED CAST AND CHASED SILVER MOUNTS INCLUDING SPURRED POMMELS DECORATED WITH GARLANDS AND MARTIAL TROPHIES, AND FITTED WITH GROTESQUE MASK CAP, SHAPED TRIGGER-GUARDS AND SIDE-PLATES, AND IVORY-TIPPED RAMRODS (ONE REPLACED)
17¼IN. (43.8CM.)
MIGUEL SE SEGARRA, A DISCIPLE OF GABRIEL DE ALGORA, WAS GUNMAKER TO KING CARLOS III OF SPAIN. HE TAUGHT ONE DISCIPLE, ANTONIO NAVARRO, AND DIED IN 1783 (2)
BY MIGUEL DE SEGARRA, MADRID, CIRCA 1780
WITH SLENDER REBLUED BARRELS TURNED AT THE MUZZLE AND RETAINED BY AN ENGRAVED SILVER BAND, THE BREECHES OCTAGONAL THEN POLYGONAL, INLAID WITH GOLD FOLIAGE, STRUCK WITH TWO GOLD-LINED PUNZóNES (ONE NEUE STøCKEL 8586), AND WITH CHISELLED GIRDLE BEYOND, GOLD-LINED TOUCH-HOLES, POLISHED SIGNED BEVELLED LOCKS ENGRAVED WITH ROCAILLES, MOULDED FIGURED FRUITWOOD FULL STOCKS, FINELY ENGRAVED CAST AND CHASED SILVER MOUNTS INCLUDING SPURRED POMMELS DECORATED WITH GARLANDS AND MARTIAL TROPHIES, AND FITTED WITH GROTESQUE MASK CAP, SHAPED TRIGGER-GUARDS AND SIDE-PLATES, AND IVORY-TIPPED RAMRODS (ONE REPLACED)
17¼IN. (43.8CM.)
MIGUEL SE SEGARRA, A DISCIPLE OF GABRIEL DE ALGORA, WAS GUNMAKER TO KING CARLOS III OF SPAIN. HE TAUGHT ONE DISCIPLE, ANTONIO NAVARRO, AND DIED IN 1783 (2)
Provenance
G. DIDERRICH
DONALD TUTTLE
MERRILL LINDSAY, CHRISTIE'S EAST, NEW YORK, 20 NOVEMBER 1986, LOT 402
DONALD TUTTLE
MERRILL LINDSAY, CHRISTIE'S EAST, NEW YORK, 20 NOVEMBER 1986, LOT 402