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211 - Flintlock rifle, two-register barrel, square and round, blue…
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Estimate €500 - €700
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Flintlock rifle, two-register barrel, square and round, blued, engraved and gilded with thunderbolt and signed on the upper side: "CASSAN NAUTRE À CHARLEVILLE - CANON TORDU", length 61 cm, calibre 14 mm; round-bodied lock, swan-neck hammer, signed under the battery spring: "CASSAN NAUTRE - À CHARLEVILLE"; cut-out and engraved iron fittings; carved cheeked walnut stock; iron ramrod; overall length 101 cm. Late 18th century, First Empire. Good condition, needs cleaning. CASSAN, controller at the Manufacture de Charleville, was appointed first controller (finished arms and locks) in 1759, then dismissed in 1777. He also modified Bourdier's rifle in the workshops of the Manufacture de Vincennes, where he was controller. He then worked as a harquebusier from 1778 to 1790; there were other CASSANs thereafter, such as "young CASSAN", who presented a rifle of his own invention to the Paris Arms Committee on 8 September 1793. NAUTRE, controller at the Manufacture of Charlevilles from 1772 to 1777, for the locks. He was CASSAN's nephew and succeeded Alexandre, in 1772, and was dismissed in 1777.
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About the sale Classical collections - Musical instruments
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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