Decorator, Weapons, Les Collections, Celebres, D'Oeuvres D'Art, Pistolet A Canon de Rouets, XVI Siecle, From the Collection M le Comte de Niewerkerke, Plate 46, 1864

Date: 1864

Engraver: Delatre

Published by Goupil and Co, Editors, in Paris

Paper Size: 445 x 305mm

Print Size: 280 x 220mm

Condition: Good

Technique: Copperplate Engraving

Price: $150

Description: 

The pistol with a large spherical pommel, its barrel, and its frame of spinning wheels are damascened in gold on water-colored steel. The cornure of this beautiful weapon is all wrought with ivory tauchic engraved on the surface & representing mascarons, vines & veneric animals. We give to the center of our board a key or turnstile of wheels, in D finely chiseled steel. E. DE B. (1) There was, around 1590 & 1603, in France, at Blamont (Meurthe), an important firearms factory whose arquebuses & especially pistols seem to have been highly esteemed.