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Rare and Fine Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria

Friday 16 December 2022, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A rare stick-gun with percussion boxlock

Estimate

€ 500 - 800

Sold

€ 4.750

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

dating: Mid 19th Century provenance: France, Smoothbore, two-stage, iron, 11 mm cal. barrel, octagonal and round with rings at the girdle.The nozzle outlined with gold and engraved with a gold arrow at the base of the foresight. At the breech remains of gilt racemes followed by three cartouches hollow at the border, the central one with the gold signature 'CANON LE CLERRE.' At the bottom of the barrel the mark of the St. Etienne test bench and 'S' mark. Boxlock mechanism with iron frame engraved with racemes. Well-functioning, two-shot mechanism; foldaway trigger. Wooden 'C'-shaped grip, checkered and carved as a shell at the pommel. Enriched with silver-coloured metal inlays with spirals and dots. Probably the cane originally also had a removable shoe which could be inserted into the nozzle. Rare mixture of a boxlock pistol and a stick-gun. length 79 cm.

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