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395 - BOUTET, Harquebusier of the King, Artistic Director of the M…
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Estimate €10,000 - €15,000
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BOUTET, Harquebusier of the King, Artistic Director of the Manufacture of Versailles. Beautiful double flintlock shotgun. Long round barrels in table, decorated with gold around the point of sights and with the thunder, punched, marked on the band "Boutet Arquebuer du Roy à Versailles". Boutet Arquebuer du Roy à Versailles". Lock plates signed "Boutet Arquebusier du Roy à Versailles" and round-bodied hammers. Round iron basins and fillet-decorated hammers. Squared pistol grip and barrels, leather cheekpiece, trimmed with silver braid. Cut-out iron fittings engraved with hunting trophies, foliage and foliage scrolls. B.E. Beautiful Louis XVI period model, circa 1788 (the ramrod is missing, the breech tail is cracked and the gun is slightly dented).
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
Auction location
Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
Lot description modified on 06/10/2026 at 9:51 AM
Pictures credits:
Michel Bury and Henri du Cray
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