Ottoman miquelet rifle mounted in gilded silver and coral, gold-decorated barrel, wooden stock covered in velvet, ivory stock plate with a silver monogram of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovitch (1850-1908), brother of Tsar Alexander III, Trabzon (Turkey), late 18th to early 19th century. From the collection of Philippe Missillier, Giquello Auction House, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6 & 7, 2025.

Photo 1 : Ottoman miquelet rifle mounted in gilded silver and coral, gold-decorated barrel, wooden stock covered in velvet, ivory stock plate with a silver monogram of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovitch (1850-1908), brother of Tsar Alexander III, Trabzon (Turkey), late 18th to early 19th century. From the collection of Philippe Missillier, Giquello Auction House, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6 & 7, 2025.

Photo 2 : Ottoman miquelet rifle mounted in gilded silver and coral, gold-decorated barrel, wooden stock covered in velvet, ivory stock plate with a silver monogram of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovitch (1850-1908), brother of Tsar Alexander III, Trabzon (Turkey), late 18th to early 19th century. From the collection of Philippe Missillier, Giquello Auction House, Drouot - rooms 5-6, March 6 & 7, 2025.

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PHILIPPE MISSILLIER COLLECTION
EARLY PERIOD – BOOKS – 17TH CENTURY FIREARMS
HUNTING ART – PHALERISTICS
18TH AND 19TH CENTURY WEAPONS – RUSSIAN ART
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 11am to 12pm
AFRICA AND OCEANIA – FAR EAST
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 2pm
ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART
Drouot - rooms 5-6

EXHIBITION
Tuesday, March 4 from 11am to 6pm
Wednesday, March 5 from 11am to 6pm
Thursday, March 6 from 11am to 12pm
Phone during the exhibition +33(0)1 48 00 20 05

GIQUELLO
Alexandre Giquello
Violette Stcherbatcheff
5, rue La Boétie - 75008 Paris
+33 (0)1 47 42 78 01 - info@giquello.net
Please include approval
No. 2002 389

CONTACT
Claire Richon
+33(0)1 47 70 48 00
c.richon@giquello.net

SPECIALIST
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Lots 99, 317 to 435, 437 to 484

Lot No. 484 (from the sale)
Ottoman miquelet gun mounted in gilded silver and coral, gold-decorated barrel, wooden stock covered with velvet and ivory butt plate with an applied silver monogram of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovitch (1850-1908), brother of Tsar Alexander III, Trebizond (Turkey), late 18th - early 19th century

L. 142 cm
78 CH
8,000/10,000 €
Exhibition and publication:
- Howard Ricketts and Philippe Missillier, Splendor of Oriental Arms, Paris, 1988, p. 40-41, no. 51, ill.
Damascus steel sighted barrel, breech decorated with gold in the typical method of Trebizond arms, featuring a floral bouquet in a vase and a border of spirals. Gilded silver barrel rings with floral arches, the front of the stock entirely covered in gilded silver mounted with coral and adorned with relief floral scrolls along the barrel, the end mounted with corals and containing a steel ramrod. The muzzle decorated and gold-inlaid. The stock is covered in worn burgundy velvet held in place by leather straps fixed with silver rivets. A large piece of ivory butt adorned with a silver monogram A.A.A. topped with a crown, believed to belong to Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovitch (1850-1908), brother of Tsar Alexander III, an arts patron and, after his dismissal from the Russian navy, a resident in Paris, where he lived in a house on Avenue Gabriel. He died in the city in 1908.
A similar example can be found in the Hermitage collection (inv. no. B.O.-745) originating from the Tsarskoye Selo arsenal (1885-1886)

Reference : Étude Giquello, Drouot - salles 5-6, les 6 & 7 mars 2025

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