4th Dec, 2024 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024
276
AN 11 BORE NORTH ITALIAN SNAPHAUNCE SPORTING GUN BY CASSIANO ZANOTTI, CIRCA 1750-80
with tapering sighted barrel formed in three stages retained by a shaped copper alloy band, struck with a series of gold and silver-lined decorative marks including the barrelsmith's mark at the breech (losses, restorations), flat lock chiselled with an espagnolette mask in low relief on the tail, signed by the maker 'CZ' (Neue Støckel 8578) on the inside, engraved with traditional foliage, flowerheads and a monster, fitted with engraved and chiselled cock, battery and sliding pan-cover en suite (restorations), figured half-stock, (small chips), fluted butt, copper alloy mounts including butt-plate with tang of shaped outline, trigger-guard with foliate terminal, a shaped plaque beneath the fore-end and ramrod-pipe (later ramrod, repaired), 99.0 cm barrel
with tapering sighted barrel formed in three stages retained by a shaped copper alloy band, struck with a series of gold and silver-lined decorative marks including the barrelsmith's mark at the breech (losses, restorations), flat lock chiselled with an espagnolette mask in low relief on the tail, signed by the maker 'CZ' (Neue Støckel 8578) on the inside, engraved with traditional foliage, flowerheads and a monster, fitted with engraved and chiselled cock, battery and sliding pan-cover en suite (restorations), figured half-stock, (small chips), fluted butt, copper alloy mounts including butt-plate with tang of shaped outline, trigger-guard with foliate terminal, a shaped plaque beneath the fore-end and ramrod-pipe (later ramrod, repaired), 99.0 cm barrel
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria Dec 2024, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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