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287 - LONG AND BEAUTIFUL GIFT FLINTLOCK RIFLE by Lepage.
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€3,000 - 3,500Sale fees
LONG AND BEAUTIFUL GIFT FLINTLOCK RIFLE by Lepage. Round, blued barrel, beautifully decorated with silver inlays over a 20-cm section near the muzzle. Engraved breech. Flat-bodied lock signed "Lepage Moutier," "Arquebusier du Roi," with a flat frame finely engraved with foliage motifs. Swan-neck hammer with a round body, engraved in the same style. Silver counter-lock with four wide retaining bands of openwork silver, featuring repoussé foliage decoration in high relief. Silver trigger guard and butt plate, decorated in the same style and hallmarked. Guilloché screws. Stock and long barrel in varnished walnut with a silver thumb rest. In excellent condition. Date: 1830–1848. These rifles were commissioned by King Louis-Philippe as gifts for Arab chieftains who sided with France during the conquest of Algeria.
Auction details
The Royal Court at VersaillesAuction house
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