Pair of pistols - Lot 8

Lot 8
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Result : 120 000EUR
Pair of pistols - Lot 8
Pair of pistols Necessary box containing a pair of luxury flintlock pistols signed Prévoteau Jeune, late Consulate, First Empire. Very good condition. H. 9 cm - W. 47 cm - D. 47 cm (chest) Provenance : - Collection built up around 1920 Octagonal, pitted and blued steel barrels imitating velvet, with hairline stripes, 15 mm caliber, slightly flared at the muzzles. The upper three sides are gold damascened, with a twig motif on a star-sown background. Full gold-plated muzzles, engraved with lozenges and palmettes; adjustable, dovetail-mounted, ice-polished steel sights. Punch-punched barrels, gilded in full with rhombuses, fleurons and geometric designs. Ice-polished breech shafts engraved with foliage, acanthus leaves and oak branches. Flat-bodied mirror-polished steel locks, chased at the back with seven superimposed flutes, engraved with laurel branches and foliage on a gold background; they are signed: "PREVOTEAU JN. A PARIS / RUE DU BOULOY"; steel screws chased with flowers; swan-neck dogs engraved and chased with foliage on a gold background, open palmette and flower clamp jaws on a gold background, as well as the batteries; pebble springs; gold-plated bases and steel bodies engraved with rays on a gold background; adjustable triggers. Silver fittings with gold-plated amatized backgrounds, in the round, chased over and stamped underneath (modelled on Boutet's reward arms). The trigger guard is decorated with the lion of Nemea, an antique cuirass, a lictor and flag cluster and a winged laurel wreath. Chopstick holders: sword-shaped chopstick entrance with scaled shield, acanthus leaves and floral garland and two fluted loops en suite. Octagonal silver caps with gilded background, chased in high relief with an antique-style helmet bordered by a rais-de-cœur molding. Two-piece silver counterplate cut and engraved with a bat's head and wings. Finely carved walnut crossbars on each side; carved handles with a flake background adorned in the center with a medallion depicting the mask of Medusa on one side, and the mask of Mercury on the other, both in carved boxwood. The lower parts are octagonal, bordered by a beaded molding with a leafy crown, carved with twigs, with two rooster heads leaning against each other on either side. Shafts adorned around the breech shanks with a water-leaf molding. Lock plates framed by a braid and at the rear by spider webs and acanthus leaves. On top of the handles, a flat molding edged with beaded baguettes, carved in relief with alternating flowers and stars. Between the bridges at the front of the trigger guards and ramrod entries, a mask of the Nemean lion, carved in boxwood. Rais-de-cœurs along the barrels and beaded moldings on the rod holders. Amaranth rods terminate in a wooden end-piece embellished with an ice-polished steel pastille. Barrel length 212mm - Total length 342mm Mahogany case with brass spandrels and fittings, fitted with two retractable handles; the center of the lid is embellished with an escutcheon, the interior is fitted with two brass hinges to hold it open; cloverleaf lock. The interior is lined with green velvet and decorated with gilded braid around the pistols and accessories; in the corners, four small compartments for accessories, two triangular and two rectangular, are fitted with a small wooden knob to open them; this box is furnished with all its accessories, in precious wood, silver and ice-polished steel: bullet mold, screwdriver, oil can, three chopsticks, silver-mounted blond horn powder flask, hammer, mallet and pin. 47x29x9cm. Very good condition Thunderstones not legible, covered by gold. The key to the box and a very small accessory are missing. Marks : - Goldsmith: "FAC" Courant Furcy Antoine (Père), fondeur et fourbisseur 26, rue de la LanterneParis; insculpation 1798. - Association des orfèvres, woman's head, Paris after 1797. History: The Prévoteau family, including Prévoteau Jeune and Prévoteau l'Aîné, were harquebusiers from the mid-18th century until the Restoration. This box was made by Prévoteau Jeune, harquebusier in Paris, rue du Bouloy, n°5, in AnXII (24septembre 1803/25septembre 1804), then at n°1, from 1810 to 1815, according to trade almanacs. His brother, Nicolas Charles, called Prévoteau l'Aîné, harquebusier from 1783 to 1825. Became a master craftsman in 1783, at 1790, rue Honoré (during the Revolution, the "Saint" disappeared); then at 5, rue du Bouloy (La Tynna in 1898); the two brothers worked as
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