BY J. PENEL L'AISNÉ, ST. ETIENNE, CIRCA 1725

細節

A Fine And Rare 19-Bore French D.B. Flintlock Fowling-Piece
By J. Penel L'Aisné, St. Etienne, circa 1725
With tapering barrels retaining almost all their original blued finish and with concave rib on the upper side only, silver fore-sight, gold-lined touch-holes, border engraved grooved tang overlapping the rear of the breeches, signed border engraved flat bevelled locks each with stepped tail engraved with a scene of the chase, and blued screws, top jaws and steel-springs, moulded finely figured walnut half-stock carved in relief with symmetrical strapwork and foliage at the barrel tang and behind the rear ramrod-pipe, engraved brass mounts, the butt plate engraved 'N. 65', pierced silver escutcheon with lion supporters, coronet above and grotesque mask beneath, blued triggers and trigger-plate, and original iron-capped ramrod, in exceptional original condition throughout
38¾in. (98.5cm.) barrels

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

Presumably made by the patriarch of the Penel gunmaking dynasty of St. Etienne, this is a very early example of a side-by-side gun with soldered barrels, the rarer for remaining in almost unfired condition

Cf. the pair of Penel pistols, lot 250