Product Details
ARMES PIERRE ARTISAN
A 9.3X74R SINGLE-TRIGGER SIDEPLATED BOXLOCK NON-EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE, serial no. 1029,
22in. nitro barrels with engraved and sculpted sight rib, open sights and engraved ramp-mounted gold bead foresight, the breech end with a single claw mount base, bolstered action with removable striker discs, carved leaf fences, pierced and carved toplever, manual safety with carved catch, elongated topstrap, non-selective single trigger, tha action and furniture carved deeply in relief with bold stylised acanthus and arabesques, the lockplates with scenes of a leash of red deer and a sounder of wild boar, the underside with a portrait of a roe buck, the triggerplate signed 'P. Chapuis. M.O.F', bright finish overall, 14 1/2in. well-figured pistolgrip stock with palm swell, cheekpiece, engraved steel ammunition trap and finely engraved skeletal pistolgrip-cap and buttplate, semi-beavertail fore-end finely inlaid in silver with the Armes Pierre Artisan crest, weight 7lb., in a canvas and leather case with provision for telescopic sight
Estimate £7,000-9,000
THE ABOVE LOT WILL REQUIRE THE BUYER TO PRODUCE A RELEVANT BRITISH FIREARMS OR SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE OR REGISTERED FIREARMS DEALER LICENCE BEFORE IT MAY BE RELEASED.