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147 - A fine flintlock hunting rifle, simple and elegant, with a d…
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Estimate €2,500 - €3,000
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Description
A fine flintlock hunting rifle, simple and elegant, with a double-barrelled side-by-side design, two registers, blued, the first damascened in gold with a decoration of foliage and scrolls, a gold sight disc,, a band also damascened in gold and signed: ‘DEVIVET à MÉZIÈRES – CANON TORD’, silver front sight; length 88 cm, calibre 14.5 mm; trigger guards with a round body, hammers with swan-neck shapes, hammers with volute designs, blued firing mechanism springs; cut and chiselled iron fittings, blued; stock in veined walnut … cheek, carved around the fittings and featuring a flower at the rear of the breech; stock made of fruitwood, ending in a horn butt; total length 129 cm. (Small chip of wood above the right-hand lock plate, at the rear of the lock; two rings for attaching the shoulder strap are probably missing). Period: Mèzières (Charleville), c. 1750. Very good condition.
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About the sale Antique weapons, historical memorabilia and decorations
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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM
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