Two Firearms

Nicholas Paris of Warwick (died 1716)

Warwickshire Museum – Market Hall

1690 - 1700

Two firearms: 1) a breech-loading flintlock sporting gun, circa 1700 2) a six-barrelled flintlock gun, circa 1690. The two are part of a group of firearms made for Thomas Leigh, second Baron of Stoneleigh, of Stoneleigh Abbey near Warwick.

• Dimensions: 1) 76.2cm; 2) 56.2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2000 ( Total: £24,400; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 1981
• Vendor: Trustees of the Stoneleigh Estate

Provenance

Made for Thomas Leigh, second Baron of Stoneleigh; by descent; offered for sale by the Trustees of the Stoneleigh Settlement at Christie's, 1981.

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