Gun with Flintlock a la moda dated 1744 Gabriel de Algora Spanish With the accession in 1700 of the duke of Anjou as Philip V, the first Bourbon king of Spain, French fashion predominated in the Spanish court. The new taste is readily evident in the duecoration of firearms made during the first half of the eighteenth century, when Madrid gunmakers turned to firearms pattern books published in Paris for up-to-date French designs. This flintlock gun is one of the most splendid manifestations of the French rococo style as it was adopted by gunmakers in the Spanish capital.The maker of this hunting gun, Gabriel de Algora, was appointed gunmaker to King Ferdinand IV in 1749. There is little doubt, however, that he had important commissions from the court in the years prior to that date, among them, perhaps, this gun.The gun is one of Algora's masterpieces. Its barrel, typically Spanish in style, is blued, the rear half engraved and gilt with foliated strapwork and figures of Mars and Minerv

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Gun with Flintlock a la moda dated 1744 Gabriel de Algora Spanish With the accession in 1700 of the duke of Anjou as Philip V, the first Bourbon king of Spain, French fashion predominated in the Spanish court. The new taste is readily evident in the duecoration of firearms made during the first half of the eighteenth century, when Madrid gunmakers turned to firearms pattern books published in Paris for up-to-date French designs. This flintlock gun is one of the most splendid manifestations of the French rococo style as it was adopted by gunmakers in the Spanish capital.The maker of this hunting gun, Gabriel de Algora, was appointed gunmaker to King Ferdinand IV in 1749. There is little doubt, however, that he had important commissions from the court in the years prior to that date, among them, perhaps, this gun.The gun is one of Algora's masterpieces. Its barrel, typically Spanish in style, is blued, the rear half engraved and gilt with foliated strapwork and figures of Mars and Minerv

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