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142 - Rare large flintlock hunting rifle with rotating over-and-un…
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Estimate €2,500 - €3,500
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Rare large flintlock hunting rifle with rotating over-and-under barrels, by Barroy, Paris: Barrels: three sections, octagonal, then sixteen-sided over 3 cm, then round; length 117 cm, calibre 13.5 mm; long breech block mounted with two screws, the upper part lightly engraved; rear half-trigger guard with a flat body, rounded at the end, theslightly engraved with foliage, and signed: ‘Barroy’; hammer swan-neck style, round, with the fixing screw engraved with a flower and fitted from the inside; front half-plate: flat body, engraved with a flower; each bears a breechblock without a bridle, a firing mechanism and the firing spring; the barrels are unlocked and locked by pressing the trigger towards the rear; iron trigger guard and upper part of the stock heel; sturdy stock in veined walnut, hallmarked, with a long, two-part butt plate separating the two barrels; wooden ramrod fixed to one of the two sides; total length 156 cm. (One front sight is missing, a small chip at the end of one barrel and a slight crack in the other). Date: second half of the 17th century (1650/1680). Good condition. MARKS: two fish joined together, the mark of the armoury at Dyck Castle. PROVENANCE: armoury, then the collection of the Princes of Salm-Reiffersheidt, Dyck Castle; Christie’s auction, 2nd session, 23 September 1992, lot 384. The catalogue and supporting documentation are enclosed. BARROY, arquebusier Paris, originally from Saint-Mihiel (Meuse), he was forced to leave his village due to the plague in 1660, whilst he was actually working in Maastricht (Netherlands), he was not placed in quarantine. His signature appears on various weapons intended as royal gifts. He used the mark: ‘P B’ crowned. Another BARROY is listed as an arquebusier in Maastricht, around 1700–1720 (could this be the same person, or a son or relative?).
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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