A French 18-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun By Pielteiran Planchan A...
A French 18-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun
By Pielteiran Planchan A Sedan, Circa 1680
With tapering sighted barrel in three stages separated by mouldings, the octagonal breech section struck with horseshoe-shaped barrel-forger's mark of G. Boulanger of Sedan (Neue Støckel 75), plain tang, signed border engraved convex lock decorated with a parrot perched on foliated scrollwork and on the pointed tail with a figure of Fame amid further foliated scrollwork, the pan with sprung swing-out safety-steel, varnished moulded figured walnut full stock with a raised panel at the barrel tang, polished steel mounts, flat side-plate pierced and engraved with flowers and scrollwork inhabited by a mounted horseman, two dogs and a bird, convex trigger-guard engraved on the bow with a spray of stylised foliage, rounded butt-plate with long tang, four baluster ramrod-pipes, and iron-capped ramrod, probably original, the butt-plate engraved 'No. 12' (iron parts with scattered minor surface pitting)
124.7 cm. barrel
Provenance
The Royal House Of Hanover, Schloß Marienburg
Sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, 28 November 2007, lot 310
The Penrose Collection
Literature
G. de Vries and B.J. Martens, The Visser Collection, Vol. 1, Part 4, cat. no. 773, pp. 228-229
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A French 18-Bore Flintlock Sporting Gun
By Pielteiran Planchan A Sedan, Circa 1680
With tapering sighted barrel in three stages separated by mouldings, the octagonal breech section struck with horseshoe-shaped barrel-forger's mark of G. Boulanger of Sedan (Neue Støckel 75), plain tang, signed border engraved convex lock decorated with a parrot perched on foliated scrollwork and on the pointed tail with a figure of Fame amid further foliated scrollwork, the pan with sprung swing-out safety-steel, varnished moulded figured walnut full stock with a raised panel at the barrel tang, polished steel mounts, flat side-plate pierced and engraved with flowers and scrollwork inhabited by a mounted horseman, two dogs and a bird, convex trigger-guard engraved on the bow with a spray of stylised foliage, rounded butt-plate with long tang, four baluster ramrod-pipes, and iron-capped ramrod, probably original, the butt-plate engraved 'No. 12' (iron parts with scattered minor surface pitting)
124.7 cm. barrel
Provenance
The Royal House Of Hanover, Schloß Marienburg
Sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour from the Henk L. Visser Collection, 28 November 2007, lot 310
The Penrose Collection
Literature
G. de Vries and B.J. Martens, The Visser Collection, Vol. 1, Part 4, cat. no. 773, pp. 228-229
