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LOT 305
Gold Accented Sabastiano Cesaroni Roman-Lock Double Barrel Sporting Gun
- NSN, 24 gauge, 38 3/8 inch solid rib bbl., blue/gold/bright/silver finish, walnut stock.
This late 18th century sporting gun is marked “RUPPERSBEURG A STRASBOURG CANON
TORDU” in gold on the concave rib and “Sebastiano*Cesaroni*” inside the locks. The
smoothbore barrels also have a blade front sight, gold scrollwork on the
octagonal breech sections, and gold lined touch holes. The gun features
silver and alloy mounts and was completed without a trigger guard. The
wrist escutcheon includes a coronet and heraldic shield. The
figured half-stock has some relief carving and molding and a 13 1/4 inch length of pull.
CONDITION: Good with dark patina, 50% plus original gold, aged patina on the mounts, oxidation,
and general mild overall wear. The refinished stock is good with distinct molding and carving,
repairs, and mild wear.
Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The William Goodwin Renwick
Collection; The John R. Charles Collection;
F. Theodore Dexter; The Norman R. Blank
Collection.
Estimate: 2,000 - 4,000
LOT 304
Engraved and Silver Mounted Neopolitan Miquelet Sporting Gun with Royal
Manufactory of Naples Barrel and Madrid Stock - Serial no. 182, 16 gauge,
43 inch part octagon bbl., bright/silver finish, walnut stock. This early 19th
century gun features a smoothbore barrel from the Fabbrica Real di Napoli
(Royal Manufactory of Naples) equipped with a silver blade front sight with flush
inlaid silver “spider” base, engraving and girdles at the transition
point, and gold lined sunken markings from the Royal Armory at the
breech, including the “crown/R” and “FAB:R./DI/NAP” markings. The
flat beveled lock has foliate and border engraving and is marked with
a sunken “crown/G./MOR/ETTI” maker’s mark. The mounts are silver
with scroll, foliate, and shell engraving as well as “182” on the heel. The
half-length fluted Madrid style stock has scroll and shell carving.
Included Norman R. Blank notes indicate the gun came from William
Goodwin Renwick and “must have been one of the royal guns. They
had rooms of them at the ¿capo de monte?” The Palace of Capodimonte, Naples, finished in 1742, was the
hunting lodge of the House of Bourbon, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. An included certificate of authenticity
filled out to Norman R. Blank by F. Theodore Dexter lists the gun as “Miquelet-lock, Italian G. Moratti Silver
Mounted Single-barrel Shotgun. Barrel made by Royal Armory at Naples. Outstanding Piece.”
CONDITION: Fine with mostly bright lock and barrel with some patches of dark brown patina on the forward section
of the barrel, strong original gold in some of the markings, distinct engraving, aged patina on the silver mounts, an absent sling swivel, and minor overall age and
storage related wear. The stock is also fine and has crisp carving and fluting and some minor scratches and dings. The ramrod is broken. Mechanically excellent.
Provenance: The William Goodwin Renwick Collection; The Norman R. Blank Collection.
Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000