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146 - Beautiful flintlock hunting rifle, double-barreled with a damask-patterned stock featuring a tobacco-colored ribbon, fitted with a reinforcement on the muzzle side, hallmarked in Liège, signed on the band: “FNI PAR POTTET À PARIS,” with a silver front sight; length 87 cm, caliber 17.5 mm; attractive breech plate, cut and engraved with a bust of a figure; English-style flat-bodied triggers, engraved with a fleur-de-lis and edged with a fillet, signed: “FNI PAR POTTET AÎNÉ À PARIS,” spiked hammers, silver-plated basins, roller springs; striking silver or silver-plated fittings, cut and finely engraved, adorned with figures from hunting mythology as well as a gilded hunting trophy; stock made of veined walnut with a cheek piece, checkered grip ending in a carved boar’s head, oval silver thumb rest monogrammed “A D,” barrel also checkered; wooden fore-end ending in a horn tip; total length 128 cm.
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Beautiful flintlock hunting rifle, double-barreled with a damask-patterned stock featuring a tobacco-colored ribbon, fitted with a reinforcement on the muzzle side, hallmarked in Liège, signed on the band: “FNI PAR POTTET À PARIS,” with a silver front sight; length 87 cm, caliber 17.5 mm; attractive breech plate, cut and engraved with a bust of a figure; English-style flat-bodied triggers, engraved with a fleur-de-lis and edged with a fillet, signed: “FNI PAR POTTET AÎNÉ À PARIS,” spiked hammers, silver-plated basins, roller springs; striking silver or silver-plated fittings, cut and finely engraved, adorned with figures from hunting mythology as well as a gilded hunting trophy; stock made of veined walnut with a cheek piece, checkered grip ending in a carved boar’s head, oval silver thumb rest monogrammed “A D,” barrel also checkered; wooden fore-end ending in a horn tip; total length 128 cm. Dated circa 1818–1840. Very good condition. Clément POTTET, arquebus maker and inventor in Paris, former apprentice of PAULY. The elder and younger brothers can be found at 71 Rue de Richelieu (1818), 4 Rue des Boucheries Saint- Honoré, and 1 Rue Neuve du Luxembourg (1818–1840).
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Thierry de Maigret +33 1 44 83 95 20 maxime@tdemaigret.frDelivery is optional. You can use the carrier of your choice. The stated price does not include the lot price or the auction house fees.