細節
A FINE AND RARE OVAL-BORE RUSSIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN IN THE MANNER OF JOSEPH GRIFFIN OF LONDON
By Ivan Permjakov, St. Petersburg, circa 1770
With etched twist three-stage barrel inlaid with gold transverse lines at the muzzle and intersections, signed in gold cyrillic letters within a gold-encrusted ribbon, and decorated on the breech section with gold-encrusted rococo ornament involving a sporting trophy and lines of flower-heads in a trellis pattern, the rear of the breech finely chiselled in relief with a rocaille picked out with gold lines, chiselled and gilt tang incorporating the raised back-sight, rounded lock signed in gold cyrillic letters (minor losses) within trails of gold-encrusted flowers and foliage and gold lines, the tail, cock, pan and steel also with gold-encrusted decoration, the pan with water-drains and of oval form matched by a recess in the base of the steel, moulded figured walnut full stock carved in relief around the barrel tang and the rear ramrod-pipe, full parcel-gilt silver mounts finely cast and chased with flowers and foliage in relief and engraved with trophies, finely pierced side-plate centred on a vacant escutcheon, the trigger-guard with floral and foliate finial, blued trigger-plate, three engraved parcel-gilt silver ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and original horn-tipped oval ramrod, the side of the butt stamped with armoury number 'No 30' (top of cock an old replacement)
35¼in. (80.5cm.) barrel
來源
Breakspear House, Harefield, Middlesex, house sale, Robinson & Foster, 25 June 1951, lot 616. By tradition recovered from the battlefield of Alma, fought on 20 September 1854 between the Russians and the combined English, French and Turkish forces, resulting in the total defeat of the Russians, who threw away their possessions in their flight
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