Estimate
€ 10.000 - 15.000
Sold
€ 37.500
The price includes buyer's premium
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Caucaso
length 40.5 cm.
Round, smoothbore barrel with thin central rib and nozzle with moulded muzzle. Visible surface with koftgari gold inlays depicting floral motifs. The wide iron tang continues up to the pommel and is decorated with a gold garland. Elegant, iron flintlock with an Arabic mark, completely decorated with gold floral motifs. Walrus ivory stock (some small restorations), the beautiful porosity of the walrus ivory is clearly visible; the surface decorated with yellow-gold and silver inlays depicting floral motifs (missing parts). Spherical pommel completely covered with finely engraved and niello silver-foil depicting floral and geometric motifs on a granulated and gilded background. The two barrel brackets and the final hilt near the nozzle are covered with silver foil decorated en suite. Spherical trigger made of partially gilded metal. With an antique, partially-engraved leather spark-arrester behind the lock. Screws with gold decorations. Manufactured without the ramrod slot, like all this kind of pistols. Ring for the strap.
Please note: Finarte customers for this auction must register with Czerny's
This is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.
An exhibition featuring all lots presented will anticipate the sale, during it the director and the staff of the auction house will be available to provide any additional information or guidance; the exhibition gives clients the opportunity to examine the authenticity, the attribution, the provenance, the state of preservation, the type and the quality of any piece presented and, where necessary, to suggest corrections to inaccuracies found in the catalogue. Before taking part in the auction, everyone interested in buying a lot undertakes to inspect it accurately, if necessary with the support of an expert, in order to assess the features mentioned above. Once sold, the auction house does not accept any claims; the seller and Czerny’s International Auction House will have no responsibility for any error or omission included in the catalogue.
A. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to the client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Czerny’s International Auction House has no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free form wear and tear, imperfections or the effect of aging.
B. Colors shown in these pictures may vary slightly from actual items due to different screen settings.
C. The dates given for metallic cartridge breechloading firearms may refer to the (probable) patent/model date, and not the manufacture date.
length 40.5 cm.
Round, smoothbore barrel with thin central rib and nozzle with moulded muzzle. Visible surface with koftgari gold inlays depicting floral motifs. The wide iron tang continues up to the pommel and is decorated with a gold garland. Elegant, iron flintlock with an Arabic mark, completely decorated with gold floral motifs. Walrus ivory stock (some small restorations), the beautiful porosity of the walrus ivory is clearly visible; the surface decorated with yellow-gold and silver inlays depicting floral motifs (missing parts). Spherical pommel completely covered with finely engraved and niello silver-foil depicting floral and geometric motifs on a granulated and gilded background. The two barrel brackets and the final hilt near the nozzle are covered with silver foil decorated en suite. Spherical trigger made of partially gilded metal. With an antique, partially-engraved leather spark-arrester behind the lock. Screws with gold decorations. Manufactured without the ramrod slot, like all this kind of pistols. Ring for the strap.
Please note: Finarte customers for this auction must register with Czerny's
This is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.
An exhibition featuring all lots presented will anticipate the sale, during it the director and the staff of the auction house will be available to provide any additional information or guidance; the exhibition gives clients the opportunity to examine the authenticity, the attribution, the provenance, the state of preservation, the type and the quality of any piece presented and, where necessary, to suggest corrections to inaccuracies found in the catalogue. Before taking part in the auction, everyone interested in buying a lot undertakes to inspect it accurately, if necessary with the support of an expert, in order to assess the features mentioned above. Once sold, the auction house does not accept any claims; the seller and Czerny’s International Auction House will have no responsibility for any error or omission included in the catalogue.
A. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to the client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Czerny’s International Auction House has no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free form wear and tear, imperfections or the effect of aging.
B. Colors shown in these pictures may vary slightly from actual items due to different screen settings.
C. The dates given for metallic cartridge breechloading firearms may refer to the (probable) patent/model date, and not the manufacture date.