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    Les Collections du Château de Gourdon

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    29 - 31 March 2011

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    • Carabine de chasse à rouet (Te
    Lot 649

    Carabine de chasse à rouet (Terzarol), d'ornement, dans le style allemand de la fin du XVIème siècle

    Platine certainement de la fin du XVIème siècle

    Price realised

    EUR 46,600

    Estimate

    EUR 3,000 - EUR 5,000

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    Carabine de chasse à rouet (Terzarol), d'ornement, dans le style allemand de la fin du XVIème siècle
    Platine certainement de la fin du XVIème siècle
    Canon en deux registres avec guidon, gravé de feuillages au niveau de la bouche, de la 'ceinture' et du tonnerre, platine frappée du poinçon de Nuremberg et d'un poinçon de fabricant, des ciseaux au sein d'un bouclier, rouet externe avec ressort, couvre-bassinet coulissant, décor damasquiné or et argent de volutes habitées par un héron, crosse plaquée d'ébène incrusté de bois de cerf, bois de cerf teinté vert et rosettes de nacre, feuillages, scènes de chasse, créatures mythiques et un soldat, les plaques d'ébène soulignées sur le pourtour de bandes en bois de cerf gravées et plaquettes gravées, le point d'appui de la joue intégrant un sifflet de chasse, détente et sous-garde en fer avec prise de main aplatie, baguette en bois.
    Canon 65 cm (25.6 in.)

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    A decorative wheel-lock sporting carbine (Terzarol) in German late 16th century style
    The lock-plate probably late 16th century
    With two-stage sighted barrel engraved with foliage at the muzzle, girdle and breech, the lock struck with the Nuremberg mark and with a maker's mark, scissors within a shield, external wheel with annular retaining bracket, sliding pan-cover, and decorated with gold- and silver-damascened scrollwork inhabited by a heron, full stock decorated with veneered ebonised panels inlaid with engraved white staghorn, green-stained staghorn and mother of pearl rosettes, foliage, scenes of the chase, mythical creatures, and a Classical warrior, the panels bordered throughout with engraved white staghorn bands and panels engraved with figures, the shaped cheek-piece incorporating a hunting whistle, baluster iron trigger and trigger-guard, the latter with tapering flat pistolgrip, engraved brass fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod.


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