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28. Klassische Auktion

 

Auction on Thursday, June 27, 2019 from 16:00  | Auction ended

Completed | Physical auction

914

Lot: 914

flintlock S/S shotgun D. Argent - Stuttgart, 20 bore, #without, § unrestricted

Starting price 6.500 EUR
Result:
6.500 EUR

79 cm round smooth barrels, concave rib, breech ends inlaid with gold ribbons, barrels inlaid on top with silver rocailles, silver inlaid maker's name "D. ARGENT A STUTTGARD (sic)", gold washed flash holes, flintlocks in French style, raised lockplates, chiselled in bas relief with game scenes, rocaille shaped cocks, double triggers, walnut half stock, brass furniture, drop points, carved with oakleaf and rocailles, richly decorated with brass inlaid rocailles, squared cheekpiece, inlaid with a crowned coat of arms of the Ducal House of Württemberg in its shape around 1750, next to it the dedication "F v. Spring" and "HHJM" for Ducal Court Hunting Master (Herzöglicher Hof Jägermeister), beneath that "zu Würtemberg (sic)", brass buttplate, sling swivel and -button, ramrod with horn tip, fine work in the French rococo style, year of manufacture around 1750, old repair to the buttstock and on trigger guard, rib slightly dented, otherwise condition III.