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Auction archive: Lot number 57

Pair of French Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Nicholas Boutet

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$17,625
Auction archive: Lot number 57

Pair of French Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Nicholas Boutet

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$17,625
Beschreibung:

.50 caliber, 1.25" barrels, folding triggers, push on safety, swan neck cocks, moulded frizzens with internal springs. All metal parts are nicely engraved throughout with Boutet's signature. Mythical creatures include bare-breasted, winged sphinxes, dragons, reminiscent of both Greek mythology and Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, as well as goddess, florals, cockerels, and birds. Pistols are numbered 1 and 2 signed "Manuf'd a Versailles." The ebony stocks are elegantly carved with florals in relief. Condition: Condition throughout is excellent with steel surfaces having been cleaned in the European manor. Stocks are excellent. Nicholas Noel Boutet is universally acknowledged have been the greatest and most artistic maker of flintlock firearms. He made arms for Napoleon and the crowned heads of Europe. Any Boutet firearm from the humblest military pistol to the most elaborate fowling piece in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits the finest quality both design and execution. These lovely works of art, the Boutet pistols are close to pristine and superb in every aspect with all small parts original. A very fine and rare pair of French flintlock pocket pistols by Nicholas Noel Boutet are circa 1805.

Auction archive: Lot number 57
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2017
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

.50 caliber, 1.25" barrels, folding triggers, push on safety, swan neck cocks, moulded frizzens with internal springs. All metal parts are nicely engraved throughout with Boutet's signature. Mythical creatures include bare-breasted, winged sphinxes, dragons, reminiscent of both Greek mythology and Napoleon's Egyptian campaign, as well as goddess, florals, cockerels, and birds. Pistols are numbered 1 and 2 signed "Manuf'd a Versailles." The ebony stocks are elegantly carved with florals in relief. Condition: Condition throughout is excellent with steel surfaces having been cleaned in the European manor. Stocks are excellent. Nicholas Noel Boutet is universally acknowledged have been the greatest and most artistic maker of flintlock firearms. He made arms for Napoleon and the crowned heads of Europe. Any Boutet firearm from the humblest military pistol to the most elaborate fowling piece in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits the finest quality both design and execution. These lovely works of art, the Boutet pistols are close to pristine and superb in every aspect with all small parts original. A very fine and rare pair of French flintlock pocket pistols by Nicholas Noel Boutet are circa 1805.

Auction archive: Lot number 57
Auction:
Datum:
8 Jun 2017
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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