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A Rare Pair Of French 35-Bore Flintlock Box-Lock Pocket PistolsSigned Boutet A Versaille, Early 19th Century
30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£5,000 - £8,000
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Signed Boutet A Versaille, Early 19th Century
Signed Boutet A Versaille, Early 19th Century
With turn-off barrels each signed in gold, engraved with a band of foliage at the breech and with a recessed turn at the muzzle, each breech decorated with a fluted swag and fluted foliate motif, actions finely engraved on both sides with lions in landscapes, two prone, one standing and the other snarling, rectangular pans, ring-neck cocks each engraved as a dolphin and with fluted top jaw, thumbpiece safety-catches also locking the steels, the latter en suite with the top jaws, folding triggers each engraved with an urn of flowers supported by a symmetrical design of foliage, figured rounded butts each carved with a half flower-head behind the action, with a flower-head centred on a panel of chequering on both sides, and enriched with a line of silver nails along the fluted spine (2)
3.9 cm. barrels
3.9 cm. barrels
Footnotes
Nicolas-Noël Boutet (1761-1833) is considered to be one of the greatest recorded gunmakers. From 1793 to 1818 he was artistic director of the Manfacture Nationale de Versailles where he was responsible for the production of some of the finest luxury and presentation arms ever made








