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€ 1.400 - 1.800
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€ 2.500
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length 125 cm.
Smoothbore, browned, two-stage, 15 mm cal. barrel, octagonal the first part with frame at the base, deep gold mark between lilies and under a cross (also gold-inlaid, missing parts), later inscription "A LE FEUVE RUE (DES) PRE CHEUS", then round after two gold-plated rings, swallowtailed foresight. Tang with beautiful engravings. Finely carved screw, like all other screws). Elegant flintlock signed "DELETY ARQUEBUSIER DE MONSIEUR FRERE DU ROI. A PARIS" (Delety used this signature around 1785); the frame and cock decorated like the tang. Wooden full stock (a cracked part on a right side of the barrel), partially sculpted with floral motifs with long graceful grip. Steel mounts finely carved and engraved with geometric and floral motifs. The back of the butt with a cushion covered with leather and fixed with small brass nails. Horn ramrod (missing parts) provided with iron cartridge extractors.
Smoothbore, browned, two-stage, 15 mm cal. barrel, octagonal the first part with frame at the base, deep gold mark between lilies and under a cross (also gold-inlaid, missing parts), later inscription "A LE FEUVE RUE (DES) PRE CHEUS", then round after two gold-plated rings, swallowtailed foresight. Tang with beautiful engravings. Finely carved screw, like all other screws). Elegant flintlock signed "DELETY ARQUEBUSIER DE MONSIEUR FRERE DU ROI. A PARIS" (Delety used this signature around 1785); the frame and cock decorated like the tang. Wooden full stock (a cracked part on a right side of the barrel), partially sculpted with floral motifs with long graceful grip. Steel mounts finely carved and engraved with geometric and floral motifs. The back of the butt with a cushion covered with leather and fixed with small brass nails. Horn ramrod (missing parts) provided with iron cartridge extractors.