Lot 1431
A significant deluxe side-by-side flintlock shotgun by Jean Lépage, Paris, circa 1820
Arms & Armour, and Antique Firearms | A106aw | Live auction | 581 Lots
Description
Round barrels with original bluing and fullered, gilt midrib. Smooth bores in 15 mm calibre. Gold rear sight with laurel wreath inlaid in gold. At the breeches gold-inlaid signature "Le Page Arqer. du Roi et de Mgr. de Duc de Orleans". The barrel root decorated with finely engraved ornaments inlaid in gold with two gold-lined fleur-de-lys marks. Finely engraved, gold-inlaid tang. Engraved and gold-inlaid locks with original bluing, frizzens on rollers and rain-proof, gold-lined pans, signed "Le Page à Paris". Carved half stock of beautifully grained walnut wood with finely chequered grip, a three-dimensional deer head at the bottom. Rich silver wire inlays. Furniture of engraved and gold-inlaid steel decorated with flowers and animals. Horn ramrod with Horn tip. Vacant gold thumb plate. Length 122.5 cm. Jean Lépage (1746 - 1834) maintained his workshop in Paris from 1779 and is considered one of the most significant French gunsmiths of his generation. He was gunsmith to the court of King Louis XVI , later gunsmith of Napoleon and the succeeding French kings. His son Henry LePage took over the management of the workshop in 1822.Condition: I - Questions about the lot?
