拍品專文
Johann Jakob Kuchenreuter (1709-1783) was, like his brother Johann Andreas, court gunmaker to the Princes von Thurn und Taxis.
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CIRCA 1770-80
細節
A PAIR OF BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY IOH. IAC. KUCHENREUTER
Circa 1770-80
With browned swamped tapering barrels each signed in silver on the half-length rib, engraved with rococo scrolls about the fore-sight, decorated over the rear half with further rococo scrollwork chiselled in low relief and enclosing the figure of a sportsman in contemporary dress, and with gilt maker's stamp on the breech flats (Neue Støckel 654), bevelled locks chiselled in low relief on a pounced ground, figured walnut full stocks carved with rococo ornament in low relief about the barrel tangs and ramrod-pipes (one cracked behind the lock), full brass mounts finely cast en suite with the barrels and lock, the trigger-guards involving the figure of a sporting lady, the escutcheons decorated with the figure of Diana, and the mounts retaining most of their original gilding throughout, with set triggers, horn fore-end caps (one chipped), and horn-tipped wooden ramrods.
11¼in (28.6cm) (2)
Circa 1770-80
With browned swamped tapering barrels each signed in silver on the half-length rib, engraved with rococo scrolls about the fore-sight, decorated over the rear half with further rococo scrollwork chiselled in low relief and enclosing the figure of a sportsman in contemporary dress, and with gilt maker's stamp on the breech flats (Neue Støckel 654), bevelled locks chiselled in low relief on a pounced ground, figured walnut full stocks carved with rococo ornament in low relief about the barrel tangs and ramrod-pipes (one cracked behind the lock), full brass mounts finely cast en suite with the barrels and lock, the trigger-guards involving the figure of a sporting lady, the escutcheons decorated with the figure of Diana, and the mounts retaining most of their original gilding throughout, with set triggers, horn fore-end caps (one chipped), and horn-tipped wooden ramrods.
11¼
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium