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An Historic Gold-Inlaid 120-Bore Three-Barrelled Flintlock Box-Lock Tap-Action Pocket Pistol Presented In 1802 By Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Thornton To Napoleon Bonaparte As First Consul By Durs Egg, London, Circa 1800

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38.400 £
ca. 67.837 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 396

An Historic Gold-Inlaid 120-Bore Three-Barrelled Flintlock Box-Lock Tap-Action Pocket Pistol Presented In 1802 By Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Thornton To Napoleon Bonaparte As First Consul By Durs Egg, London, Circa 1800

Schätzpreis
0 £
Zuschlagspreis:
38.400 £
ca. 67.837 $
Beschreibung:

With blued turn-off barrels each inlaid with an engraved gold foliate band around the muzzle and breech, and numbered from '1' to '3', the top barrel in gold, blued border engraved breech-block signed in gold beneath and inlaid with three engraved gold stars and a gold starburst on each side, blued tap inlaid en suite, blued border engraved action inlaid in gold with Thornton's engraved coat-of-arms and motto on one side, and with a scroll engraved with the battle honour 'Marengo' against a martial trophy on the other, blued gold-inlaid cock engraved with a dolphin highlighted in gold on each side, blued thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the blued steel and each inlaid with engraved gold foliage, blued border engraved trigger-guard inlaid with an engraved gold martial trophy on the bow, figured flat-sided butt inlaid with gold wire scrollwork and engraved gold foliage involving a quiver of arrows on each side, and in fine condition retaining much of its original blueing 3.1 cm. barrels

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 396
Auktion:
Datum:
06.04.2006
Auktionshaus:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

With blued turn-off barrels each inlaid with an engraved gold foliate band around the muzzle and breech, and numbered from '1' to '3', the top barrel in gold, blued border engraved breech-block signed in gold beneath and inlaid with three engraved gold stars and a gold starburst on each side, blued tap inlaid en suite, blued border engraved action inlaid in gold with Thornton's engraved coat-of-arms and motto on one side, and with a scroll engraved with the battle honour 'Marengo' against a martial trophy on the other, blued gold-inlaid cock engraved with a dolphin highlighted in gold on each side, blued thumbpiece safety-catch also locking the blued steel and each inlaid with engraved gold foliage, blued border engraved trigger-guard inlaid with an engraved gold martial trophy on the bow, figured flat-sided butt inlaid with gold wire scrollwork and engraved gold foliage involving a quiver of arrows on each side, and in fine condition retaining much of its original blueing 3.1 cm. barrels

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 396
Auktion:
Datum:
06.04.2006
Auktionshaus:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
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