Description
MOUNTED HUNTER'S FLINTLOCK SNAP HOOK OF THE CONSULAR THEN IMPERIAL GUARD. Round barrel with thunderbolt flanks. Lock engraved "Mafre à Versailles", hallmarked T and D under phrygian cap (Garry et Deschaseaux, circa An IX and An X) and round-bodied hammer. Brass basin. Plain brass fittings: double-banded mouthpiece with flapper on the underside, stamped "E 33" on the side, specific model trigger guard with flapper on the trigger guard tail. Iron ring lock. Cheekpiece walnut stock, stamped "RV". Iron ramrod with truncated cone-shaped head, hallmarked "C" under star. Presented with openwork brass label "516" from the Denis collections. With median ferrule bayonet (Length: 47.5 cm). Barrel length: 75 cm. Overall length: 112 cm. Lock length: 14.5 cm. B.E. (Minor wear). Consulate period. Provenance : -Collections Denis sale December 1993, n°25, expert JC Dey History: Rare model described in the Boudriot, whose production was very limited (2138 examples, produced mainly under the Consulate).
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MOUNTED HUNTER'S FLINTLOCK SNAP HOOK OF THE CONSULAR THEN IMPERIAL GUARD. Round barrel with thunderbolt flanks. Lock engraved "Mafre à Versailles", hallmarked T and D under phrygian cap (Garry et Deschaseaux, circa An IX and An X) and round-bodied hammer. Brass basin. Plain brass fittings: double-banded mouthpiece with flapper on the underside, stamped "E 33" on the side, specific model trigger guard with flapper on the trigger guard tail. Iron ring lock. Cheekpiece walnut stock, stamped "RV". Iron ramrod with truncated cone-shaped head, hallmarked "C" under star. Presented with openwork brass label "516" from the Denis collections. With median ferrule bayonet (Length: 47.5 cm). Barrel length: 75 cm. Overall length: 112 cm. Lock length: 14.5 cm. B.E. (Minor wear). Consulate period. Provenance : -Collections Denis sale December 1993, n°25, expert JC Dey History: Rare model described in the Boudriot, whose production was very limited (2138 examples, produced mainly under the Consulate).
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