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Estim. 8 000 - 10 000 EUR

Französischer Maler des 18. Jahrhunderts

Estim. 70 - 100 EUR

[Joystick]. [Hunting]. Book lot including: -DEMAISON (André). La comédie animale, Paris: Delagrave, 1936, one volume illustrated by Deluermoz. -La vénerie de Jacques du Fouillou, Paris, Emile Nourry, 1928. -COUPIN. Les arts et métiers chez les animaux, Paris, Librairie Vuibert, 1931. One volume. -OBERTUR. Animaux de vénerie et chasse aux chiens courants, Paris, Durel, 1947. Tome I, one volume. -BOMMIER. Notre sauvagine et sa chasse, Paris, chez Thiébaud, 1948. One volume. -MUSSET (Alfred de). Voyage où il vous plaira, Paris, Maresq, 1854. Hardcover volume illustrated by Tony Johannot. -L'école de la chasse au chien courant ou vénerie normande, Paris, chez Bouchard-huzard, 1845. One volume. -EDDY. mes chasses à l'ours géant de l'Alaska, Paris, Payot, 1941. One volume. -PREJELAN (René). Souvenirs d'un fusil de chasse, Paris, 1949. One volume, illustrated by the author. -DIGUET. Le livre du chasseur, Paris, Fayard, s. d. One volume, bound in full publisher's cloth. -COLLECTIF. Le tir, Paris, Lafitte, 1914. One volume. -Théorie générale de toutes les chasse au fusil à courre et à tir pour les gibiers à poile et à plume et les grandes chasses royales, Paris, chez Corbet Ainé, 1828. One volume bound in full calf. -GARNIER. Les tueurs de lion et de panthère, chasses et gibier d'Algérie, de France et de Corse, Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1875. One volume. -TOUSSENEL. Tristia, histoire des misères et des fléaux de la chasse en France, Paris, chez Dentu, 1863. One volume. -DEMIN (Auguste). Guide des amateurs d'armes et armures anciennes, Paris, Renouard, 1869. As is.

Estim. 12 000 - 15 000 EUR

Rare flintlock hunting rifle for Monsieur, brother of the King, comte de Provence, future Louis XVIII. Round barrel with flattened top, entirely blued, richly engraved and decorated in gold: -at the muzzle with pearled and foliate friezes. -on the silver rear sight, a radiating motif. - to the silver rear sight, decorated with flowers and rocaille, with a radiating motif enriched with clouds and lightning bolts. -on the thunderbolt, the signature "TOUPRIANT A PARIS" and a trophy of arms. The thunderbolt is stamped with two fleurs-de-lis and palm leaves (attributed to Leclerc, gunner) on a gold background. Tailstock engraved with a quiver. Round-bodied lock engraved with an undergrowth wolf, palms and the signature "TOUPRIANT ARQUEBUSIER DE SAS MGR LE DUC DE CHARTRES A PARIS". Round-bodied dog engraved with a dragon, upper jaw engraved with a lion's maw. Chased and engraved iron battery decorated with a cloud enriched with lightning bolts. Superb chased silver fittings: -Passages and entrance of baguette with spiral decoration enriched with friezes. -Counter plate decorated with foliage, quivers and flowers. -Trigger guard decorated with flowers and a weapon trophy. -Tailpiece (repaired) engraved "n°4" (this number can be found inside the lock). -Bedplate with rocaille decoration enriched with a hunting trophy. -Thumbpiece engraved with the coat of arms of France, edged with a fleurdelys crown, of the Count of Provence. Carved walnut frame with long shaft. Cheekstock covered with purple velvet (worn) edged with silver passementerie braid. Wooden ramrod with horn tip. Silver hallmarks including large discharge Paris (1775-1781) B.E. (Minor wear and cracks to the wood). circa 1780. Length: 150 cm Related work : -A similar rifle in the Wallace collection (Inventory A1123), with the same decoration and signature, numbered "11". -Another Toupriant rifle in the collections of the Musée des Arts décoratifs (former Reubell collection). Historical background: According to Jarlier Buigné, Toupriant or Soupriant was active in Paris in 1770-1780, on rue des grands augustins, as Harquebusier to the Duc de Chartres and then Harquebusier to the King and Monsieur. It is probably in the latter capacity that he made our rifle.

Estim. 1 800 - 2 200 EUR

A GERMAN 120-BORE WHEELOCK BIRDING RIFLE SIGNED C.S. LUDWIG, HOHENELB, no visible serial number, circa 1690, with swamped octagonal 33 1/2in. barrel 'in the white', the top-flat signed 'C S LVDVVIG HOHEN ELB', deeply struck 'C.L.' oval maker's mark filled with yellow metal, dove-tailed fore-sight, tunnel rear-sight, squared solid top-tang fastened from below, flat, complex-shaped lockplate with engraved shallow domed and framed external wheel, the plate engraved with a scene of hunters in period dress running behind hounds (some frosting and cleaning), automatic pan, carved and engraved pyrite holder with ring top and carved spring, walnut angular full-stock with swept flaring cheek-piece inlaid with an oval bone plaque engraved with a recumbent stag, broad relief-carved band forwards of the bone heel-plate, further engraved bone escutcheons to both sidenails, iron trigger guard bow with finger-grooves, plain trigger with hogs-bristle set, moulded fore-end with chip-carved border to upper edges and engraved bone tip, complete with a probable replacement iron ramrod, wood with some old working repairs and filled worm.

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