ARCLOCK PISTOL, model 1763-1766, second type, 1775, LA THUILERIE. Former Monarchy, reign of Louis XVI. 34632
Walnut stock with polished brass fittings. Round barrel marked on the flank with the proof mark of a crowned fleur-de-lis above the royal monogram, followed by the date 75. The breech engraved with the year 1775. The underside of the barrel thunder is stamped with the crowned "EL" of barrel controller Etienne Lallier, in office between 1772 and 1778, and Fournier gunner. Round lockplate engraved with "Manufacture De St Etienne" and struck with the crowned "HR" of controller Hubert Rozier, in office from 1775 to 1777. The tail of the lockplate is inscribed in cursive with La Thuilerie, entrepreneur of the manufacture during the same period. The inside of the lockplate bears the name of the lockmaker Pierre ...Dutrut (?). The mouthpiece features a founder's mark with a fleur-de-lis topped with a "g" and flanked by the letters "F" and "L". The wood, beside the lockplate, bears a crowned fleur-de-lis flanked by "S" and "E" for Saint Etienne, then by "B" and "R" for Boulanger, controller from 1763 to 1784.
Total length: 40cm; barrel length: 23 cm; caliber: 18mm; weight: 1.2 kg.
France.
Former Monarchy, reign of Louis XVI.
Very good condition.
PROVENANCE:
From the former collection of PM.
Reference :
34632