A SIDE-BY-SIDE LEFAUCHEUX SHOTGUN, JOHANN SPRINGER, VIENNA, 1860’s
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serial number 3845 (barrel bed), barrels with grooved bore, cylindrical, Damascus, folding (the key under the forend), marked (in gold): J. SPRINGER VORM. NOWOTNY IN WIEN – 3., bolt plates labelled: SPRINGER – IN WIEN, bolts and an iron set are decorated with engraved ornaments and hunting motifs, a stock with a cheekpiece, bore 17 mm, length 114 cm (Do)
Johann Springer (1819 - 1875) came from Levoča, Slovakia and from 1840 he worked in Vienna with Matyáš Novotný, the gunman, whose sister he married in 1847. After Novotný died (1856) he acquired his business and was supplying his weapons to the leading members of the Habsburg aristocracy. Initially, he was marking his arms “J. Springer dříve (vormals)Nowotny ve Vídni”. After the death of Springer, the company that still exists in Vienna, commenced marking the arms of Joh. Springer's Erben (= heirs of Johann Springer).
25.05.2019 - 14:00
- Estimate:
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CZK 18,000.-
- Starting bid:
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CZK 12,000.-
A SIDE-BY-SIDE LEFAUCHEUX SHOTGUN, JOHANN SPRINGER, VIENNA, 1860’s
serial number 3845 (barrel bed), barrels with grooved bore, cylindrical, Damascus, folding (the key under the forend), marked (in gold): J. SPRINGER VORM. NOWOTNY IN WIEN – 3., bolt plates labelled: SPRINGER – IN WIEN, bolts and an iron set are decorated with engraved ornaments and hunting motifs, a stock with a cheekpiece, bore 17 mm, length 114 cm (Do)
Johann Springer (1819 - 1875) came from Levoča, Slovakia and from 1840 he worked in Vienna with Matyáš Novotný, the gunman, whose sister he married in 1847. After Novotný died (1856) he acquired his business and was supplying his weapons to the leading members of the Habsburg aristocracy. Initially, he was marking his arms “J. Springer dříve (vormals)Nowotny ve Vídni”. After the death of Springer, the company that still exists in Vienna, commenced marking the arms of Joh. Springer's Erben (= heirs of Johann Springer).
| Auction: | Art and Antiques |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 25.05.2019 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Hotel Grand Majestic Plaza, Truhlářská 16, Praha 1 |
| Exhibition: | 18.05. - 25.05.2019 |