BY IVAN POLIN, TULA, CIRCA 1780
细节
A RARE 6-BORE RUSSIAN PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN
BY IVAN POLIN, TULA, CIRCA 1780
CONVERTED FROM FLINTLOCK, WITH THREE-STAGE STRAIGHT-GROOVED TWIST BARREL RETAINING TRACES OF BLUED FINISH AND WITH SILVER FORE-SIGHT, THE BREECH SECTION WITH SIGHTING FLAT SIGNED 'JOHAN POLIN' IN GOLD-INLAID SCRIPT AND FINELY CHISELLED IN RELIEF WITH SWIRLING ROCOCO ORNAMENT, PATENT BREECH CHISELLED EN SUITE, SHAPED CHISELLED TANG INCORPORATING THE BACK-SIGHT, ROUNDED PARTLY CHISELLED LOCK WITH MOULDED BORDER AND LARGE SAFETY-CATCH, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CARVED WITH SHELLS AND SCROLLWORK IN RELIEF, GILT-BRONZE MOUNTS FINELY CAST AND CHASED WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT IN RELIEF, CARVED SLIDING PATCH-BOX COVER (CHIPPED), GILT-BRONZE RAMROD-PIPES, IRON SLING MOUNTS, IVORY FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL IVORY-TIPPED RAMROD
36½IN. (92.7CM.) BARREL
IVAN POLIN IS RECORDED IN TULA CIRCA 1780 TO CIRCA 1810. HE SIGNED A PAIR OF SIX-SHOT FLINTLOCK REVOLVERS IN THE HERMITAGE, ST. PETERSBURG (NO.S 5181, 5186), DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED IN L. TARASSUK, ANTIQUE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN FIREARMS AT THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, NO.S 471-2, AND WAS ALSO ALMOST CERTAINLY THE MAKER OF THE PAIR OF FLINTLOCK REVOLVERS SIGNED 'POLINSON LONDON' SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S, 18 MAY 1994, LOT 204
BY IVAN POLIN, TULA, CIRCA 1780
CONVERTED FROM FLINTLOCK, WITH THREE-STAGE STRAIGHT-GROOVED TWIST BARREL RETAINING TRACES OF BLUED FINISH AND WITH SILVER FORE-SIGHT, THE BREECH SECTION WITH SIGHTING FLAT SIGNED 'JOHAN POLIN' IN GOLD-INLAID SCRIPT AND FINELY CHISELLED IN RELIEF WITH SWIRLING ROCOCO ORNAMENT, PATENT BREECH CHISELLED EN SUITE, SHAPED CHISELLED TANG INCORPORATING THE BACK-SIGHT, ROUNDED PARTLY CHISELLED LOCK WITH MOULDED BORDER AND LARGE SAFETY-CATCH, MOULDED FIGURED WALNUT FULL STOCK CARVED WITH SHELLS AND SCROLLWORK IN RELIEF, GILT-BRONZE MOUNTS FINELY CAST AND CHASED WITH ROCOCO ORNAMENT IN RELIEF, CARVED SLIDING PATCH-BOX COVER (CHIPPED), GILT-BRONZE RAMROD-PIPES, IRON SLING MOUNTS, IVORY FORE-END CAP, AND ORIGINAL IVORY-TIPPED RAMROD
36½IN. (92.7CM.) BARREL
IVAN POLIN IS RECORDED IN TULA CIRCA 1780 TO CIRCA 1810. HE SIGNED A PAIR OF SIX-SHOT FLINTLOCK REVOLVERS IN THE HERMITAGE, ST. PETERSBURG (NO.S 5181, 5186), DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED IN L. TARASSUK, ANTIQUE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN FIREARMS AT THE HERMITAGE MUSEUM, NO.S 471-2, AND WAS ALSO ALMOST CERTAINLY THE MAKER OF THE PAIR OF FLINTLOCK REVOLVERS SIGNED 'POLINSON LONDON' SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S, 18 MAY 1994, LOT 204