Lot Essay
The vendor informs us that by tradition this gun was presented by Napoléon to a member of the Portuguese noble family of the Marquis de Loulé.
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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH 22-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED DOUBLE-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
SIGNED VIGNAL A PROVINS, CIRCA 1800-1810
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A FRENCH 22-BORE SILVER-MOUNTED DOUBLE-BARRELLED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN
SIGNED VIGNAL A PROVINS, CIRCA 1800-1810
With barrels decorated with silver-inlaid foliage, urns and signature, silver fore-sight and retaining faded plum-coloured finish, platinum-lined touch-holes, grooved tang, signed flat bevelled locks each with raised platinum-lined pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock carved in relief with a boar's head behind the chequered grip, a hound's head behind the raised cheek-piece and in low relief with the profile of a medal of the Légion d'Honneur on the chequered fore-end, silver trigger-guard, butt-plate, fore-end cap and ramrod-pipes, the tang, locks and mounts engraved with floral and foliate motifs, vignettes including deer, a peacock, serpents and a sporting trophy of arms, later gold escutcheon engraved with crowned 'N' monogram, and later iron ramrod
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) barrels each struck with a maker's mark at the breech
SIGNED VIGNAL A PROVINS, CIRCA 1800-1810
With barrels decorated with silver-inlaid foliage, urns and signature, silver fore-sight and retaining faded plum-coloured finish, platinum-lined touch-holes, grooved tang, signed flat bevelled locks each with raised platinum-lined pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock carved in relief with a boar's head behind the chequered grip, a hound's head behind the raised cheek-piece and in low relief with the profile of a medal of the Légion d'Honneur on the chequered fore-end, silver trigger-guard, butt-plate, fore-end cap and ramrod-pipes, the tang, locks and mounts engraved with floral and foliate motifs, vignettes including deer, a peacock, serpents and a sporting trophy of arms, later gold escutcheon engraved with crowned 'N' monogram, and later iron ramrod
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) barrels each struck with a maker's mark at the breech
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